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Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
A group of Argive women has come to Eleusis to ask King Theseus and his city of Athens to bring about the burial of their sons who are being denied it by their Theban conquerors. Theseus is confronted with a challenge which at first he declines to take up, but then does so magnificently. The range of the play's debate is astonishing. It contains one of the Ur-texts of political theory. It explores social and religious themes. It deals with the concept of a just war, with the family, and with the ... Read more
A group of Argive women has come to Eleusis to ask King Theseus and his city of Athens to bring about the burial of their sons who are being denied it by their Theban conquerors. Theseus is confronted with a challenge which at first he declines to take up, but then does so magnificently. The range of the play's debate is astonishing. It contains one of the Ur-texts of political theory. It explores social and religious themes. It deals with the concept of a just war, with the family, and with the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856687846
SKU
V9780856687846
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Ref
99-78
About Euripides
†James Morwood was Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Among his numerous publications are translations of eleven plays by Euripides in the Oxford World’s Classics series and The Plays of Euripides (Bristol Classical Press, 2002).
Reviews for Suppliant Women
'A very thorough and scholarly account of...an unjustly neglected play.' Neill Croally, JACT, 2007 'The many qualities of this volume will enable numerous readers to enjoy the discovery of this magnificent play which, as James Morwood reminds us, has too long been considered as a minor work by Euripides, a play of political propaganda. Each part of the book, the ... Read more