Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2023
Summary
Iphigenia in Tauris tells the story of the princess Iphigenia who was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon to expedite his campaign against Troy but was rescued by the goddess Artemis and transported to the land of the Taurians. There she herself must perform human sacrifices as a priestess of Artemis in the local cult. Troy has now been sacked, and Agamemnon murdered by his wife and avenged by his son Orestes. With his mother’s blood on his hands, Orestes is guided by Apollo to seek p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837644322 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837644322 |
| Author: | Euripides, Martin J. Cropp |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Imprint: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2023 |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 149mm |
| Series: | Aris & Phillips Classical Texts |
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About The Author
Euripides
Martin J. Cropp is Professor Emeritus of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary. In the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series he has edited Euripides’ Electra (1988, 2013), Euripides’ Iphigenia in Tauris (1st edition 2001), Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays, Volume 1 with Christopher Collard and Kevin Lee (1995, revised 2009) and Volume 2 with Christopher Collard and John Gibert (2004), Minor Greek Tragedians, Volume 1: The Fifth Century (2019) and Minor Greek Tragedians, Volume 2: Fourth-Century and Hellenistic Poets (2021).
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