21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Heracles and Other Plays (Penguin Classics S.)
Euripides
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Heracles and Other Plays (Penguin Classics S.)
Paperback. Includes the plays "Heracles", "Iphigenia Among the Taurians", "Helen", "Ion", and "Cyclops". Editor(s): Rutherford, Richard. Translator(s): Davie, John. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Heracles/ Iphigenia Among the Taurians/ Helen/ Ion/ Cyclops: Of these plays, only 'Heracles' truly belongs in the tragic sphere with its presentation of underserved suffering and divine malignity. The other plays flirt with comedy and comic themes. Their plots are ironic and complex with deception and elusion eventually leading to reconciliation between mother and son in 'Ion', brother and sister in 'Iphigenia', and husband and wife in 'Helen'. The comic vein is even stronger in the satyric'Cyclops' in which the giant's inebriation and subsequent violence are treated as humorous. Together, these plays demonstrate Euripides' challenge to the generic boundaries of ... Read more
Heracles/ Iphigenia Among the Taurians/ Helen/ Ion/ Cyclops: Of these plays, only 'Heracles' truly belongs in the tragic sphere with its presentation of underserved suffering and divine malignity. The other plays flirt with comedy and comic themes. Their plots are ironic and complex with deception and elusion eventually leading to reconciliation between mother and son in 'Ion', brother and sister in 'Iphigenia', and husband and wife in 'Helen'. The comic vein is even stronger in the satyric'Cyclops' in which the giant's inebriation and subsequent violence are treated as humorous. Together, these plays demonstrate Euripides' challenge to the generic boundaries of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140447255
SKU
V9780140447255
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Euripides
Euripides (c.485-406 BC) is thought to have written 92 plays, only 18 of which survive. John Davie is Head of Classics at St Paul's School in London. Richard Rutherford is Tutor in Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. Together they have translated and edited 'Alcestis & Other Plays' and 'Medea & Other Plays' for Penguin Classics.
Reviews for Heracles and Other Plays (Penguin Classics S.)