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Description for Euripides: ´Helen´
Paperback. Detailed commentary, suitable for students, on one of the most skilful and original Greek tragedies. Editor(s): Allan, William. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other surviving play. The story of an exemplary wife (not an adulteress) who went to Egypt (not to Troy), Euripides' 'new Helen' skilfully transforms and supplants earlier currents of literature and myth. The Introduction elucidates Euripides' treatment of Helen and sets the play in its wider intellectual context. It also discusses questions of genre and reception, rejecting such descriptions as 'tragicomedy' or 'romantic tragedy', and showing how later artists have responded ... Read more
This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other surviving play. The story of an exemplary wife (not an adulteress) who went to Egypt (not to Troy), Euripides' 'new Helen' skilfully transforms and supplants earlier currents of literature and myth. The Introduction elucidates Euripides' treatment of Helen and sets the play in its wider intellectual context. It also discusses questions of genre and reception, rejecting such descriptions as 'tragicomedy' or 'romantic tragedy', and showing how later artists have responded ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521545419
SKU
V9780521545419
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About Euripides
William Allan is McConnell Laing Fellow and Tutor in Classical Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford.
Reviews for Euripides: ´Helen´
"Allan's commentary is a valuable and needed contribution to the study and dissemination of Euripides' Helen. It is rich in contextual information, straightforward in its analysis and contentions, and judicious in its treatment of the text. Additionally, it does a significant portion of the necessary work of bringing the last four decades of scholarship to bear upon our reading of ... Read more