| Edition |
Bantam Classic edition. |
| Description |
xi, 337 pages ; 18 cm |
| Note |
A Bantam classic. |
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Includes translations of works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. |
| Summary |
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 comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction explores the religious origins, modes of productions, structure, and conventions of the Greek theater, individual prefaces illuminate each play and clarify the author's place in the continuity of Greek drama. |
| Contents |
Agamemnon / Aeschylus -- (summary of) Choephoroe / Aeschylus -- Eumenides / Aeschylus -- Antigone / Sophocles -- Oedipus the King / Sophocles -- (summary of) Oedipus at Colonus / Sophocles -- Philoctetes / Sophocles -- Medea / Euripides -- Hippolytus / Euripides -- Trojan women / Euripides -- Frogs / Aristophanes. |
| Subject |
Greek drama -- Translations into English.
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English drama -- Translations from Greek.
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| Added Author |
Hadas, Moses, 1900-1966.
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| ISBN |
0553212214 paperback |
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9780553212211 paperback |
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