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Euripides: Electra (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
M. J. Cropp
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Description for Euripides: Electra (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
King Agamemnon is long dead and his killers rule at Argos. Orestes returns from exile to avenge his father by killing his mother Clytemnestra and her seducer Aegisthus. His vengeance will release his sister Electra from oppression and restore Orestes to his home and kingdom. This is the only episode from Greek legend treated in surviving plays by all three of the great Athenian tragedians of the fifth century B.C. — Aeschylus in his Libation-bearers (part of the Oresteia trilogy), Sophocles and Euripides each in plays named Electra. The three plays provide a unique record of development and divergence in ... Read more
King Agamemnon is long dead and his killers rule at Argos. Orestes returns from exile to avenge his father by killing his mother Clytemnestra and her seducer Aegisthus. His vengeance will release his sister Electra from oppression and restore Orestes to his home and kingdom. This is the only episode from Greek legend treated in surviving plays by all three of the great Athenian tragedians of the fifth century B.C. — Aeschylus in his Libation-bearers (part of the Oresteia trilogy), Sophocles and Euripides each in plays named Electra. The three plays provide a unique record of development and divergence in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908343697
SKU
V9781908343697
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About M. J. Cropp
Martin J. Cropp is Professor Emeritus of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary. In the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series he has also edited Euripides’ Iphigenia in Tauris (2001) and Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays, Volume 1 with Christopher Collard and Kevin Lee (1995, revised 2009) and Volume 2 with Christopher Collard and John Gibert (2004).
Reviews for Euripides: Electra (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
'A quarter of a century after it was first published, Martin Cropp’s commentary on Euripides’ Electra now appears in a fully revised and updated version. This is a fine book, and everyone interested in Euripides – even if they already own the first edition – should acquire a copy.' P. J. Finglass, University of Nottingham, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2013.09.40 ... Read more