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Paperback. Furious that Prince Hippolytus will not worship her, Aphrodite, goddess of love, seeks revenge. Infecting Hippolytus' stepmother, Phaedra, with an overpowering desire for him, Aphrodite's retribution will sweep both prince and queen to a brutal end. A secret torment storms through her tosses her into that black harbour death. Translator(s): Wertenbaker, Timberlake. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571250677
ISBN
9780571250677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

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

€ 9.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A new translation of a long-neglected Greek drama that has become increasingly popular in classrooms and on the stage. The two editors, Alan Shapiro and Peter Burian, a poet and classicist, collaborated previously on The Oresteia. This is the final volume of the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Editor(s): Burian, Peter. Translator(s): Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and previous owners name written in pen on title page
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEA0000122
ISBN
9780195179101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.72

Paperback. Features plays written during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens. This title contains: "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", "The Suppliant Women", "Phoenician Women", "Orestes" and "Iphigenia in Aulis". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442595
ISBN
9780140442595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.35

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

€ 15.99
€ 14.08

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
€ 10.41

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

€ 15.99
€ 14.05

Paperback. Translator(s): McLeish, Kenneth. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948230653
ISBN
9780948230653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553213638
ISBN
9780553213638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.98

Paperback. This translation shows the striking interplay of voices in Euripides' 'Suppliant Women'. Torn between the mothers' lament over the dead and proud civic eulogy, between calls for a just war and grief for the fallen, the play captures the competing poles of the human psyche. Translator(s): Scully, Stephen; Warren, Rosanna. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0006483
ISBN
9780195045536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One of the greatest playwrights of Ancient Greece, the works of Euripides (484 406 BC) were revolutionary in their depiction of tragic events caused by flawed humanity, and in their use of the gods as symbols of human nature. The three plays in this collection show his abilities as the sceptical questioner of his age. Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Edition
New Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440317
ISBN
9780140440317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

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

€ 15.99
€ 14.00

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

€ 45.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408183915
ISBN
9781408183915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.34

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

€ 15.99
€ 12.97

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

€ 15.99
€ 14.00

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.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511779
ISBN
9780099511779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

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: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
REV ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995604
ISBN
9780674995604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.65

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.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995338
ISBN
9780674995338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.47

Paperback.

"Andromache "takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, bearing him a child, Molossus. The captive Andromache is haunted by memories of her former life and by her love for Hector and their son Astyanax, both slain by the Greeks who are now her masters. Translator(s): Walton, J. Michael. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 107 x 5. Weight in Grams: 64.

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854596383
ISBN
9781854596383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

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