Synopses & Reviews
Expert student edition of Euripides’ enduring Classical tragedy about filial revenge, in an up-to-date translation with notes, commentaries, chronology and background to the play.
Euripides was born near Athens circa 480 BC and grew up during the years of the Athenian recovery after the Persian Wars. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some 100 altogether, of which 19 survived. He died in 406 BC.
Review
“Euripides, the Athenian playwright who dared to question the whims of wanton gods, has always been the most intriguing of the Greek tragedians. Now, with translations aimed at the stage rather than the page, his restless intellect strikes the chord it always should have... a remarkable achievement both in itself and in reclaiming Euripides as a playwright whose works are still gloriously alive.”—Evening Standard
Synopsis
Enduring Classical Tragedy with notes and commentary for students
Synopsis
Authoritative student edition of Euripides' Enduring Classical Tragedy about filial revenge in Kenneth McLeish's acclaimed translation.
Synopsis
Authoritative student edition of Euripides' Enduring Classical Tragedy about filial revenge in Kenneth McLeish's acclaimed translation.
Synopsis
Enduring Classical Tragedy with notes and commentary for students
About the Author
Euripides was born near Athens circa 480 BC and grew up during the years of the Athenian recovery after the Persian Wars. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some hundred altogether of which nineteen survived. He died in 406 BC at the court of the King of Macedon. Kenneth McLeish was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many books on Classical Theatre, as well as respected translations of plays by all the Greek and Roman dramatists. He died in Lincolnshire, England, in 1997.