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Medea and Other Plays

Medea and Other Plays

Coleridge, Edward P.
Euripides

Paperback

Plays

ISBN10: 1420967479
ISBN13: 9781420967470
Publisher: Digireads.Com
Published: Mar 9 2020
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Euripides, along was Sophocles, and Aeschylus, is largely responsible for the rise of Greek tragedy. It was in the 5th Century BC, during the height of Greece's cultural bloom, that Euripides lived and worked. Of his roughly ninety-two plays, only seventeen tragedies survive. Both ridiculed and lauded during his life, Euripides now stands as an innovator of the Greek drama. Collected here are six of Euripides' tragedies in prose translation by Edward P. Coleridge: Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Electra, Heracles, and Helen. The first play in this collection, Medea, tells the horrific tale of a woman who seeks revenge on her husband by killing her children. Hippolytus relates the tragedy of its titular character, son of Theseus, and his tragic fall at the hands of Phaedra. Hecuba is the tale of a fallen Queen, the grief she feels for the death of her daughter, and the revenge she takes for the murder of her son. In Electra we find the daughter of a slain king plotting her revenge. In Heracles we find a hero racing to save his family from a death sentence. Lastly, Helen presents an alternate tale regarding Helen of Troy than that which sparked the Trojan War. For the lover of drama and the ancient world, this collection is not to be missed--Euripides is seen here in all of his valor and brilliance. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

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