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Medea And Other Plays by Euripides
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Classics
Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without ref ...Show more
The Bacchae And Other Plays by Euripides
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
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, whi ...Show more
Women of Troy by Euripides
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family members are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. Euripides' great anti-war tragedy is published in Don Taylor's translatio ...Show more
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