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".
By attending to language, style, meter, dramatic technique, and context, this up-to-date edition makes an appealing and under appreciated play accessible to students, scholars, and readers... Læs mere
Rachsüchtige Götter, Ehre, Verrat und Skrupellosigkeit bilden den Stoff für eine der berühmtesten Tragödien der griechischen Antike. Der trojanische Krieg hat begonnen und die... Læs mere
Pentheus, der König Thebens, weigert sich, die Göttlichkeit des Dionysos anzuerkennen – mit dramatischen Folgen. Aus Rache entführt der Gott alle Frauen der griechischen Stadt, auch... Læs mere
A new play text edition of Euripides' great tragedy to coincide with the National Theatre's major new production directed by Katie Mitchell in November-March 2007/8.
First published in 1939, this book presents R. C. Trevelyan's English metrical translation of Euripides' Medea. The aim of the text was to reproduce the form, phrasing and movement of the original for the benefit of readers without knowledge of Greek.
Offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other... Læs mere