The Phoenician Women
Title | The Phoenician Women PDF eBook |
Author | Euripides |
Publisher | Greek Tragedy in New Translati |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0195077083 |
Here, Peter Burian and Brian Swann recreate Euripides' The Phoenician Women, a play about the fateful history of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus, King of Thebes. Their lively translation of this controversial play reveals the cohesion and taut organization of a complexdramatic work. Through the use of dramatic, fast-paced poetry--almost cinematic it its rapidity of tempo and metaphorical vividness--Burian and Swann capture the original spirit of Euripides' drama about the deeply and disturbingly ironic convergence of free will and fate. Presented with acritical introduction, stage directions, a glossary of mythical Greek names and terms, and a commentary on difficult passages, this edition of The Phoenician Women makes a controversial tragedy accessible to the modern reader.
The Tragedies of Seneca
Title | The Tragedies of Seneca PDF eBook |
Author | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Latin drama (Tragedy) |
ISBN |
Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, and Iphigenia at Aulis
Title | Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, and Iphigenia at Aulis PDF eBook |
Author | Euripides |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2011-03-15 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1603845992 |
The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright’s mature vision.
Fragmenta
Title | Fragmenta PDF eBook |
Author | Euripides |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780674996007 |
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.
The Phoenician Women (Phoenissae)
Title | The Phoenician Women (Phoenissae) PDF eBook |
Author | Euripides |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Seven Against Thebes
Title | Seven Against Thebes PDF eBook |
Author | Aeschylus |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 1991-04-25 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0198020155 |
The formidable talents of Anthony Hecht, one of the most gifted of contemporary American poets, and Helen Bacon, a classical scholar, are here brought to bear on this vibrant translation of Aeschylus' much underrated tragedy The Seven Against Thebes. The third and only remaining play in a trilogy dealing with related events, The Seven Against Thebes tells the story of the Argive attempt to claim the Kingdom of Thebes, and of the deaths of the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices, each by the others hand. Long dismissed by critics as ritualistic and lacking in dramatic tension, Seven Against Thebes is revealed by Hecht and Bacon as a work of great unity and drama, one exceptionally rich in symbolism and imagery.
Three Other Theban Plays
Title | Three Other Theban Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Aeschylus |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2016-02-11 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1624664733 |
Though now associated mainly with Sophocles' Theban Plays and Euripides' Bacchae, the theme of Thebes and its royalty was a favorite of ancient Greek poets, one explored in a now lost epic cycle, as well as several other surviving tragedies. With a rich Introduction that sets three of these plays within the larger contexts of Theban legend and of Greek tragedy in performance, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig’s annotated translation of Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes, Euripides' Suppliants, and Euripides' Phoenician Women offers a brilliant constellation of less familiar Theban plays—those dealing with the war between Oedipus’ sons, its casualties, and survivors.