Suppliant Women. Electra. Heracles
| AUTHOR | Kovacs, David; Kovacs, David; Euripides et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Harvard University Press (09/01/1998) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Three plays by ancient Greece's third great tragedian.
One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in six volumes. Volume III contains three plays. Suppliant Women reflects on the rule of law; Electra gives Euripides' version of the legend of Clytaemestra's murder by her children; Heracles testifies to the fragility of human happiness.
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ISBN-13:
9780674995666
ISBN-10:
067499566X
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Page Count:
464
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
4.71 x 0.84 x 6.75 inches
Weight:
0.67 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Dust Cover,
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Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Drama | Ancient & Classical
Drama | Ancient and Classical
Dewey Decimal:
882.01
Library of Congress Control Number:
97036082
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Three plays by ancient Greece's third great tragedian.
One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in six volumes. Volume III contains three plays. Suppliant Women reflects on the rule of law; Electra gives Euripides' version of the legend of Clytaemestra's murder by her children; Heracles testifies to the fragility of human happiness.
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Author:
Euripides
Euripides, the youngest of the three great Athenian playwrights, is thought to have written about ninety-two plays, of which seventeen tragedies and one satyr-play have survived.
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Editor:
Kovacs, David
David Kovacs is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.
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