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Euripides: Medea and Electra: A Companion to the Penguin Translation

Euripides: Medea and Electra: A Companion to the Penguin Translation

Ferguson, John
Ferguson, J.
Euripides

Paperback

Series: Classical Studies

Miscellaneous LanguagesGeneral DramaPlays

ISBN10: 0862922682
ISBN13: 9780862922689
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 1 1991
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.42 Depth: 5.96
Language: English

Euripides was particularly noted for his sensitive portrayals of women and for finding a sympathetic side to those whom the stock mythology tended to see as evil monsters, such as Helen of Troy. Medea murdered her children by Jason when he deserted her fora new wife; Electra and Orestes killed their own mother in revenge for her betrayal and murder of their father Agamemnon. This kind of searing tragedy may easily be read in translation but its appreciation inevitably involves conventions and references which may elude the reader.

This volume contains an introduction outlining the background of Athenian tragedy: how it was presented; what was its fifth-century social and political context; how were these two particular plays conceived and constructed? This is followed by a line-by line commentary based on the translation of Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics), though it may be used profitably with other versions as well.

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