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Medea and Other Plays by Euripides (Paperback, 1998)

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'the most tragic of the poets' Aristotle Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. He is also remarkable for the prominence he gave to female characters, whether heroines of virtue or vice. In the ethically shocking Medea, the first known child-killing mother in Greek myth to perform the deed in cold blood manipulates her world in order to wreak vengeance on her treacherous husband. Hippolytus sees Phaedra's confession of her passion for her stepson herald disaster, while Electra's heroine helps her brother murder their mother in an act that mingles justice and sin. Lastly, lighter in tone, the satyr drama, Helen, is an exploration of the impossibility of certitude as brilliantly paradoxical as the three famous tragedies. This new translation does full justice to Euripides's range of tone and gift for narrative. A lucid introduction provides substantial analysis of each play, complete with vital explanations of the traditions and background to Euripides's world.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780192824424
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88988593

Product Key Features

Book Title
Medea and Other Plays
Author
Euripides
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Plays
Publication Year
1998
Number of Pages
272 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
196mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
220g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Euripides
Series Title
Oxford World's Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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