Bacchae; Iphigenia at Aulis; Rhesus
Euripides; edited and translated by David Kovacs
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- E-Book
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- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014
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- 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 has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. This volume completes the new six-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays. In Bacchae, a masterpiece of tragic drama, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus's resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment. Iphigenia at Aulis recounts the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to Artemis, the price exacted by the goddess for favorable sailing winds. Rhesus (probably not by Euripides) dramatizes a pivotal incident in the Trojan War. David Kovacs presents a faithful and skillfully worded translation of the three plays, facing a freshly edited Greek text.
- 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.
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- Print version: Bacchae [Euripides] > Iphigenia at Aulis > Rhesus (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003 — ISBN 9780674996014)
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Description based on print version record.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Digital Characteristics:
- text file
- Call Numbers:
- PA3612 .E975 2014
- ISBNs:
- 9780674996014 [Invalid]
- OCLC Numbers:
- 910938896
- Other Control Numbers:
- [Unknown Type]: hup0000595