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Hardcover. Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 BCE survive in a complete form and are included in the first six volumes of the "Loeb Euripides". This title discusses the evidence for the lost plays. Editor(s): Collard, Christopher; Cropp, Martin. Translator(s): Collard, Christopher; Cropp, Martin. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 115 x 38. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996311
- ISBN
- 9780674996311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright's mature vision. Translator(s): Eaton Luschnig, Cecelia; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603844604
- ISBN
- 9781603844604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Offers expert guidance to readers encountering the works for the first time. This book examines the cultural and political context in which the author wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603847353
- ISBN
- 9781603847353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
€ 17.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Morwood, James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540525
- ISBN
- 9780199540525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Offers expert guidance to readers encountering the works for the first time. This book examines the cultural and political context in which the author wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603847360
- ISBN
- 9781603847360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.31
€ 51.99
€ 37.31
Hardcover. Featuring Cecelia Eaton Luschnig's annotated verse translations of Euripides' "Electra," "Iphigenia among the Tauri," and "Orestes," this volume offers an ideal avenue for exploring the playwright's innovative treatment of both traditional and non-traditional stories concerning a central, fascinating member of the famous House of Atreus. Translator(s): Eaton Luschnig, Cecelia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603849333
- ISBN
- 9781603849333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 39.06
€ 53.99
€ 39.06
Paperback. Medea, maddened by her husband Jason's infidelity, murders their two sons. It is one of the most famous of the Greek tragedies. This title conveys the shocking story and our conflicted loyalties as spectators to the tragedy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420946
- ISBN
- 9781848420946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
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: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308784
- ISBN
- 9780226308784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.45
€ 18.45
Paperback. This is the fourth volume of Euripides plays in new translation. The four plays it contains, Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, explore ethical and political themes, contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism with justice, the idea that 'might is right' with the ideal of clemency. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552436
- ISBN
- 9780199552436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.51
€ 16.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208230
- ISBN
- 9780872208230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.68
€ 47.99
€ 34.68
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: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308807
- ISBN
- 9780226308807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.45
€ 18.45
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: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308821
- ISBN
- 9780226308821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Features a story of the wronged wife who avenges herself upon her unfaithful husband by murdering their children is lodged securely in the popular imagination, a touchstone for politics, law, and psychoanalysis and the subject of constant retellings and reinterpretations. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226203454
- ISBN
- 9780226203454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.83
€ 10.99
€ 10.83
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: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308968
- ISBN
- 9780226308968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.45
€ 18.45
Paperback. Few contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as the author. The New York Times Book Review calls her work "personal, necessary, and important," while Publishers Weekly say she is "nothing less than brilliant." This book deals with her works. Translator(s): Carson, Anne. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226203621
- ISBN
- 9780226203621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.11
€ 15.11
Hardcover. 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: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308777
- ISBN
- 9780226308777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardcover. 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: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308951
- ISBN
- 9780226308951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardcover. 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: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308975
- ISBN
- 9780226308975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardcover. 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: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308814
- ISBN
- 9780226308814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright's mature vision. Translator(s): Eaton Luschnig, Cecelia; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 326 pages, map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603844611
- ISBN
- 9781603844611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.31
€ 51.99
€ 37.31
paperback. Medea's husband Jason has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and a horrifying, revenge possible. Translator(s): Robertson, Robin. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099511779
- ISBN
- 9780099511779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.75
€ 12.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763541411
- ISBN
- 9788763541411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.76€ 53.08
€ 67.76
€ 53.08
Hardback. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a delightful comic love story. The play begins with a shipwreck, during which Viola, a young aristocratic woman, is separated from her identical twin brother, Sebastian, and is swept onto the shores of the kingdom of Illyria. Thus begins this entertaining tale of mistaken identities and thwarted love. Series: Twenty Shakespeare Children's Stories: The Complete 20 Books Boxed Collection. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; YB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sweet Cherry Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 64
- SKU
- V9781782262282
- ISBN
- 9781782262282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.22
€ 8.99
€ 8.22
paperback. The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. This book offers a translation of Herodotus' Histories. Translator(s): Holland, Tom. Num Pages: 880 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455397
- ISBN
- 9780140455397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33