Plays: Vol 5 (Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists): Andromache, Herakles' Children"and Herakles Vol 5 (Classical Dramatists)

by KennethMcLeish (Editor), Euripides (Author), J.MichaelWalton (Editor), RobertCannon (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $6.22

  Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series Written at the height of the Peloponnesian War, the three plays in this volume highlight the trivial causes and dire consequences of war and the fate of the innocent. In Andromache, Hektor's widow struggles to survive as the concubine of her husband's killer. Herakles' Children and Herakles show his two young families, without his powerful protection at the mercy of his enemies. Full of humanity and subtle characterisation, these new translations by Robert Cannon and Kenneth McLeish which are intended both for performer and student, Euripides is reaffirmed as a fresh and compelling dramatist.

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  Paperback
  1988

  $3.24

  Always controversial, Euripides' plays are now celebrated for the subtlety of their characterization and their unorthodox dramatic style. This volume contains three of his tragedies: Medea ; The Phoenician Women ; and Bacchae .

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  Paperback
  1997

  $20.94

  The three plays by Euripides in this volume - Elektra , Orestes and Iphigeneia in Tauris , show the consequences of Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter at the start of the Trojan War.