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The Oresteia (Penguin Classics) by Aeschylus Publisher Comments In the Oresteia—the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity— Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Sophocles I: Three Tragedies by Sophocles Publisher Comments "These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic "This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation "The... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oedipus Cycle: A New Translation by Sophocles Publisher Comments The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vibrant new translations by award-winning poet Robert Bagg Sophocles' three great masterpieces, gathered here in one volume, dramatize the inexplicable animosity directed at three generations of Thebes... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Euripides #3: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides III by Euripides Publisher Comments "These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."--Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."--Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Playes of Aristophanes by Aristophanes Publisher Comments A poet who hated an age of decadence, armed conflict, and departure from tradition, Aristophanes' comic genius influenced the political and social order of his own fifth-century Athens. But as Moses Hadas writes in his introduction to this volume, 'His... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Burial At Thebes by Seamus Heaney Publisher Comments Sophocles' play, first staged in the fifth century B.C., stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those who must protect the state's security. During the War of the Seven Against Thebes... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Acharnians: And the Clouds (And) Lysistrata by Aristophanes Publisher Comments Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Greek Tragedies Volume 1 by David Grene Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles by Sophocles Publisher Comments English versions of Sophocles three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Euripides #1: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides I by Euripides Publisher Comments In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oedipus Cycle: Sophocles by Sophocles Publisher Comments English versions of Sophocles' three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Euripides #5: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides V by Euripides Publisher Comments In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone by Sophocles Publisher Comments ‘O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’ The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) to create a powerful... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Plays and Fragments (Penguin Classics) by Menander Publisher Comments Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of Old Cantankerous (Dyskolos), the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Comedies by Aristophanes Synopsis Contains The Birds, The Clouds, and The Wasps... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Greek Drama by Moses Hadas Publisher Comments In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigon/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics) by Sophocles Publisher Comments Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles' translation conveys all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge, the... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Aristophanes Complete Plays (05 Edition) by Aristophanes Publisher Comments A brand-new translation of the world's greatest satirist. With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lampooning the rich and powerful, Aristophanes remains arguably the finest satirist of all time... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) by Aristophanes Synopsis This collection contains "The Wasps", one of Aristophanes' earliest plays, "The Poet and the Women", a gem of parody and low comedy, and "The Frogs", a comic masterpiece written under the shadow of defeat.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Penn Greek Drama #0002: Euripides by Euripides Publisher Comments The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.48 Used - Trade Paper
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