The Complete Euripides: Volume IV: Bacchae and Other Plays

Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization of the madness and exile of one of the most celebrated mythical figures; and The Phoenician Women, translated by Peter Burian and Brian Swamm, a disturbing interpretation of the fate of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus. These three tragedies were originally available as single volumes. This volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers.

Author: Euripides
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/23/2009
Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780195373400