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Helen. Phoenician Women. Orestes Vol. V by Euripides (2002, Hardcover)

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Each play is annotated and prefaced by a helpful introduction. Orestes by Euripides, David Kovacs. Title Helen. Author Euripides, David Kovacs.

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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674996003

ISBN-139780674996007

eBay Product ID (ePID)1992091

Product Key Features

Book TitleHelen. Phoenician Women. Orestes Vol. V

Number of Pages624 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicEuropean / General, Ancient & Classical

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Drama, Poetry

AuthorEuripides

Book SeriesLoeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight15.4 Oz

Item Length6.7 in

Item Width4.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-047078

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsKovacs's translation is a tour de force ... In general, the notes accompanying the translation, explaining such things as geographical and mythological names, are judiciously chosen, concise, and crystal clear... I have nothing but praise for [Kovacs's] scholarship, and the lucidity of his writing, both as translator and commentator. [This volume] should be [the] standard translation for many years to come., Kovac's translation is a tour de force...In general, the notes accompanying the translation, explaining such things as geographical and mythological names, are judiciously chosen, concise, and crystal clear...I have nothing but praise for [Kovac's] scholarship, and the lucidity of his writing, both as translator and commentator. [This volume] should be [the] standard translation for many years to come.

Series Volume Number11

Volume Number5

Dewey Decimal882/.01

Table Of ContentHelen Introduction Text and Translation Phoenician Women Introduction Text and Translation Orestes Introduction Text and Translation

SynopsisThree plays by ancient Greece's third great tragedian. One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in six volumes. Helen , in Volume V, employs an alternative history in which a virtuous and faithful Helen was falsely blamed for the actions of her divinely created double in Troy. Here too are Phoenician Women , the battle between the sons of Oedipus for control of Thebes; and Orestes , recasting Orestes' lot after he murdered his mother., Euripides (ca. 485-406 BC) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea , Hippolytus , and Bacchae , one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive., Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. In this fifth volume of the new Loeb Classical Library Euripides, David Kovacs presents a freshly edited Greek text and a faithful and deftly worded translation of three plays. For his Helen the poet employs an alternative history in which a virtuous Helen never went to Troy but spent the war years in Egypt, falsely blamed for the adulterous behavior of her divinely created double in Troy. This volume also includes Phoenician Women , Euripides' treatment of the battle between the sons of Oedipus for control of Thebes; and Orestes , a novel retelling of Orestes' lot after he murdered his mother, Clytaemestra. Each play is annotated and prefaced by a helpful introduction.

LC Classification NumberPA3975.A2 2002