Phaethon
| AUTHOR | Elliot, Alistair; Euripides |
| PUBLISHER | Oberon Books (12/01/2009) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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In classical mythology, Phaethon is the child of the sun god Helios, who tries to drive his father's chariot and is killed in the attempt. Euripides explains how this happened: Helios had seduced Phaeton's mother - already betrothed to another - and as the price of her seduction had promised to grant her a favour. As an adult Phaethon claims the promise and asks to drive his father's chariot, with disastrous consequences...
Only a quarter of Euripides' original version of Phaethon has survived. Alistair Elliot has translated these surviving 327 lines and reconstructed the rest, staying as faithful as possible to Euripides' time and way of thinking. The result is something very like finding a lost Euripides play, unperformed since the fifth century BC and amounting to a new masterpiece.
Only a quarter of Euripides' original version of Phaethon has survived. Alistair Elliot has translated these surviving 327 lines and reconstructed the rest, staying as faithful as possible to Euripides' time and way of thinking. The result is something very like finding a lost Euripides play, unperformed since the fifth century BC and amounting to a new masterpiece.
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ISBN-13:
9781840028973
ISBN-10:
1840028971
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
76
Carton Quantity:
108
Product Dimensions:
5.10 x 0.30 x 8.00 inches
Weight:
0.25 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Drama | Ancient & Classical
Drama | General
Dewey Decimal:
822.914
Library of Congress Control Number:
2009286728
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In classical mythology, Phaethon is the child of the sun god Helios, who tries to drive his father's chariot and is killed in the attempt. Euripides explains how this happened: Helios had seduced Phaeton's mother - already betrothed to another - and as the price of her seduction had promised to grant her a favour. As an adult Phaethon claims the promise and asks to drive his father's chariot, with disastrous consequences...
Only a quarter of Euripides' original version of Phaethon has survived. Alistair Elliot has translated these surviving 327 lines and reconstructed the rest, staying as faithful as possible to Euripides' time and way of thinking. The result is something very like finding a lost Euripides play, unperformed since the fifth century BC and amounting to a new masterpiece.
Only a quarter of Euripides' original version of Phaethon has survived. Alistair Elliot has translated these surviving 327 lines and reconstructed the rest, staying as faithful as possible to Euripides' time and way of thinking. The result is something very like finding a lost Euripides play, unperformed since the fifth century BC and amounting to a new masterpiece.
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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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Adapted by:
Elliot, Alistair
Alistair Elliot is a classical teacher and scholar, as well as a recognized poet.
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