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Phoenician Women
Elizabeth M. Craik
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Description for Phoenician Women
Paperback. Editor(s): Craik, Elizabeth M. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
This rich and challenging play ranges over the supreme myth of Oidipous and his doomed family. With its brooding imagery, extravagant language, ebullient rhetoric and scenic display it is quintessential Euripides. With its broad, yet unified, thematic sweep it offers important points of comparison with other Theban plays and valuable insights into late fifth century religion, politics and society.For this volume Elizabeth Craik has prepared a new edition of the play, with a selective apparatus. Suspect lines are clearly marked; but the fundamental integrity of the tradition is defended. Text with ... Read more
This rich and challenging play ranges over the supreme myth of Oidipous and his doomed family. With its brooding imagery, extravagant language, ebullient rhetoric and scenic display it is quintessential Euripides. With its broad, yet unified, thematic sweep it offers important points of comparison with other Theban plays and valuable insights into late fifth century religion, politics and society.For this volume Elizabeth Craik has prepared a new edition of the play, with a selective apparatus. Suspect lines are clearly marked; but the fundamental integrity of the tradition is defended. Text with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856682315
SKU
V9780856682315
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About Elizabeth M. Craik
edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by Elizabeth Craik
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