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Summary:

Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. 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, is the text and translation of three of his plays. Trojan Women, a play about the causes and consequences of war, develops the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life. Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations (the murder of close relatives). Each ends happily with a joyful reunion. As in the first three volumes of this edition, David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and an admired new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well;" his introduction to each play and explanatory notes offer readers judicious guidance.

Author/Creator:

Euripides , author

Contributors:

Kovacs, David , editor, translator

Languages:

English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.

Included Works:

Trojan women [by Euripides]

Iphigenia among the Taurians [by Euripides]

Ion [by Euripides]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Trojan women [Euripides] > Iphigenia among the Taurians > Ion (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999 — ISBN 9780674995741)

Related Series:

Loeb classical library; [volume] 10

Subjects:

Euripides — Translations into English

Hecuba, Queen of Troy — Drama

Ion (Mythological character) — Drama

Iphigenia (Mythological character) — Drama

Greek drama (Tragedy) — Translations into English

Trojan War — Drama

Euripides

Hecuba, Queen of Troy

Ion (Mythological character)

Iphigenia (Mythological character)

Institute of Navigation

Trojan War

Greek drama (Tragedy)

Turkey — Troy (Extinct city)

Genres:

Drama

Translations

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

General Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PA3975.T8 E975 2014

ISBNs:

9780674995741 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

910938585

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: hup0000110