Synopses & Reviews
In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of more than three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
Synopsis
Greek Tragedies Volume is a collection of five Greek tragedies.
About the Author
David Grene (1913-2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Committee on Social Thought and coedited the University of Chicago Presss prestigious series The Complete Greek Tragedies.Richmond Lattimore (1906-1984) was a poet, translator, and longtime professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College.
Table of Contents
Aeschylus:
The Libation BearersTranslated by Richmond Lattimore
Sophocles: Electra
Translated by David Grene
Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris
Translated by Witter Bynner
Euripides: Electra
Translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule
Euripides: The Trojan Women
Translated by Richmond Lattimore