The Bacchae and Other Plays
The Bacchae and Other Plays
$25.91
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2006
Summary
The volume that completes our new 4-book collection of Euripides plays.
Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC.
- Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother’s doomed attempts at reconciliation.
- Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful mur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140447261 |
| Author: | Euripides |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Euripides
EURIPIDES (C.484-406 B.C.) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles; he is the youngest of the three. He is believed to have written 92 dramas, but only 19 of them are now known.
John Davie is Head of Classics at St Paul’s School in London.
Richard Rutherford is Tutor in Greek and Latin Literature at Christ Church, Oxford.
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