| Suppliant Women. Electra. Heracles Revised Edition Contributor(s): Euripides (Author), Kovacs, David (Editor), Kovacs, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 067499566X ISBN-13: 9780674995666 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Published: September 1998 Annotation: One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 B.C.) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, are four of his plays. "Suppliant Women" reflects on war and on the rule of law. Euripides's "Electra"--presenting the famous legend of a brother and sister who seek revenge on their mother for killing their father--is a portrayal interestingly different from that of Aeschylus or Sophocles. "Heracles" shows the malice of the gods--and mutual loyalty as the human response to divinely sent disaster. And the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life is developed in "Trojan Women." David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and a new translation that, in the words of "Greece and Rome," is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| LCCN: 97036082 |
| Series: Loeb Classical Library |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 4.71" W x 6.75" (0.67 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, are four of his plays. Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. Euripides's Electra--presenting the famous legend of a brother and sister who seek revenge on their mother for killing their father--is a portrayal interestingly different from that of Aeschylus or Sophocles. Heracles shows the malice of the gods--and mutual loyalty as the human response to divinely sent disaster. David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and a new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is close to the Greek and reads fluently and well. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kovacs, David: - David Kovacs is Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. |
