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Euripides: Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba (Loeb Classical Library No. 484)
Euripides
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Description for Euripides: Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba (Loeb Classical Library No. 484)
Hardcover. Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including "Medea," "Hippolytus," and "Bacchae," one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 120 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Four plays by ancient Greece’s third great tragedian.
One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in six volumes.
Volume II contains Children of Heracles, about Athens' protection of the dead hero's children; Hippolytus, which tells of the punishment Aphrodite inflicts on a man who refuses to worship her; Andromache and Hecuba, the tragic stories of two noble Trojan women after their city's fall.
Product Details
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674995338
SKU
V9780674995338
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About Euripides
David Kovacs is Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for Euripides: Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba (Loeb Classical Library No. 484)
Kovacs… continues to meet the high standards he attained in volume I… While [the translation] earns high marks for accuracy, it is also pleasant and readable.
John Gilbert
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The translation is clear, fluent and only rarely inaccurate… All in all, this is a highly competent production which is at the same time stimulating and ‘user-friendly’. The completion of this enterprise will be eagerly awaited.
David Bain
Classical Review
The New Generation Loeb Euripides is an improvement in every way on its predecessor, yet it maintains the traditional spirit and format. What we expect from a Loeb is a well edited text with a facing translation that allows us to read any classical literature confidently and quickly without recourse to a dictionary. The translations we expect to be accurate and clear, giving those without Greek or Latin the easiest approach to the ipsissima verba of each author… Kovacs provides an excellent brief introduction to each play where the focus of attention is held sharply on the key issues of critical interest.
Alan Beale
JACT Review
John Gilbert
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The translation is clear, fluent and only rarely inaccurate… All in all, this is a highly competent production which is at the same time stimulating and ‘user-friendly’. The completion of this enterprise will be eagerly awaited.
David Bain
Classical Review
The New Generation Loeb Euripides is an improvement in every way on its predecessor, yet it maintains the traditional spirit and format. What we expect from a Loeb is a well edited text with a facing translation that allows us to read any classical literature confidently and quickly without recourse to a dictionary. The translations we expect to be accurate and clear, giving those without Greek or Latin the easiest approach to the ipsissima verba of each author… Kovacs provides an excellent brief introduction to each play where the focus of attention is held sharply on the key issues of critical interest.
Alan Beale
JACT Review