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Medea and other plays / Euripides ; translated by John Davie ; introduction and notes by Richard Rutherford.

Euripides. (Author). Davie, John, 1950- (Added Author). Rutherford, R. B. (Added Author).

Summary:

The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without a reference to gods, Euripides (484 - 407 BC) made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0140449299
  • ISBN: 9780140449297
  • Physical Description: xlvii, 206 pages.
  • Edition: Rev. ed. / with revised introduction and updated bibliography.
  • Publisher: London : Penguin Group, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
This translation originally published : 1996 as Alcestis and other plays.
Reissued with revised introduction and updated bibliography: 2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197).
Formatted Contents Note:
Alcestis -- Medea -- The children of Heracles -- Hippolytus.
Subject: Heracles (Greek mythological character) > Drama.
Hippolytus (Mythological character) > Drama.
Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae. > Drama.
Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character) > Drama.
Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae.
Heracles (Greek mythological character)
Hippolytus (Mythological character)
Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
Genre: Drama.
Tragedies, Greek.
Tragedies (Drama)
Tragedies.
Translations into English.
Drama.

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