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The Complete Euripides : Volume IV: Bacchae and Other Plays.

Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Euripides
Other Authors: Burian, Peter, Shapiro, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2010.
Series:Greek Tragedy in New Translations Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization of the madness and exile of one of the most celebrated mythical figures; and The Phoenician Women, translated by Peter Burian and Brian Swamm, a disturbing interpretation of the fate of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus. These three tragedies were originally available as single volume.
Physical Description:1 online resource (379 pages)
ISBN:9780199724741
0199724741