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Electra
Euripides
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Description for Electra
Paperback. Deals with the aftermath of the Trojan War for the defeated survivors, as Andromache shows Hector's widow as a trophy of war in the house of her Greek captor, and Hecabe portrays a defeated queen avenging the murder of her last-remaining son. Editor(s): Rutherford, Richard. Translator(s): Davie, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Of all the ancient Greek tragedians, Euripides was the most sensitive to the lives of women and other outcasts in Athenian society, and Electra and Other Plays collects five plays demonstrating his talent for bringing to life their plight. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by John Davie with an introduction and notes by Richard Rutherford.
Written during a period overshadowed by the fierce struggle for supremacy between Sparta and Euripides' native Athens, these five plays are haunted by the shadow of war - and in particular its impact on women. In Electra the children of Agamemnon take bloody ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140446685
SKU
V9780140446685
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-43
About Euripides
Euripides (c.485-406 BC) was already a controversial figure in his own lifetime, regarded as a 'clever' poet, associated with philosophers and intellectuals. He is thought to have written 92 plays, only 18 of which survive. John Davie was born in Glasgow in 1950, and educated at Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford. Dr Richard Rutherford was born in ... Read more
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