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Description for Euripides
Paperback. What man would murder his daughter to help a fleet get out to sea, or give his wife over to death in his stead? The tragedies in this Penn Greek Drama Series volume are filled with such dramatic conflicts. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 268 x 27. Weight in Grams: 542.
The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.
This volume includes translations by Fred Chappell (Alcestis), Mark Rudman and Katharine Washburn (Daughters of Troy), Richard Elman (The Phoenician Women), Elaine Terranova (Iphigenia at Aulis), and George Economou (Rhesus).
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
Penn Greek Drama Series
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812216509
SKU
V9780812216509
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Euripides
"A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently 'accessible.' . . . For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces."
Boston Book Review
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Boston Book Review
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