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Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311449
ISBN
9780226311449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. This translation is accompanied by an introduction, with individual discussions of the plays, and their sources in history and mythology. Editor(s): Vellacott, Philip. Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KKD0001050
ISBN
9780140441123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Deals with events from Athenian history, and depicts the final defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis. This work shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus, and relates the pursuit of the fifty daughters of Danaus by the fifty sons of Aegyptus, and their final rescue by a heroic king. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449990
ISBN
9780140449990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Later Printing
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007724
ISBN
9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

paperback. "What David Slavitt does, as the early Roman poets did, is to take a poem as his 'model' and make it his own by creating in late twentieth-century English an appropriate equivalent of the ancient poem. His Oresteia is the most lively and readable version known to me."-Gordon Williams Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780812216271
ISBN
9780812216271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400631
ISBN
9781421400631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.54

Paperback. Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400648
ISBN
9781421400648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Hardback. Translator(s): Burian, P. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635927
ISBN
9780691635927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.67

A collection of plays that focuses on three playwrights' - Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, and Paul Woodruff - treatment of the same events in the House of Atreus. It is suitable for those interested in Greek literature, theater history, or mythology. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter; Luschnig, Cecilia Eaton; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209657
ISBN
9780872209657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.22

Paperback. Translator(s): Roberts, Deborah. Num Pages: 97 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
97
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841900
ISBN
9781603841900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.42

Translator(s): Roberts, Deborah. Num Pages: 97 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
97
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841917
ISBN
9781603841917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

paperback. Editor(s): Dutta, Shomit; Goldhill, Simon. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439365
ISBN
9780141439365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. After the Fall of Troy, King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's discovery that his family has been destroyed by his wife's infidelity and ends with his death at her callous hand. Clytemnestra's crime is repaid in The Choephori when her outraged son Orestes kills both her and her lover. Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440676
ISBN
9780140440676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195373288
ISBN
9780195373288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.67

Paperback. Includes: Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" (translated by David Greene) and "Oresteia" (translated by Tony Harrison); Sophocles' "Antigone" (translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald) and "Oedipus The King" (translated by Kenneth Cavander). Editor(s): Corrigan, Robert W. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Applause Theatre Book Publishers United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
F First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557830463
ISBN
9781557830463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.10

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573014673
ISBN
9780573014673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1954
Edition
Acting
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573015229
ISBN
9780573015229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 89 x 3. Weight in Grams: 42.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573020049
ISBN
9780573020049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.54

Paperback. A play exploring language, globalisation, solidarity and class through the struggles of a young African mother trying to care for her child in Glasgow. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783190201
ISBN
9781783190201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Series: FILM. Num Pages: 180 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: APF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868195759
ISBN
9780868195759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350028081
ISBN
9781350028081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Litvak, Joseph. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166935
ISBN
9780231166935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157742
ISBN
9780231157742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352. A Tragedy in Three Acts /Tragedie En Trois Actes. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DD; HPCF7. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight: 352. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157759
ISBN
9780231157759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

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