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Suppliant Women : Electra : Heracles
Hardback Edition: 1
One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, are four of his plays.
Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. Euripides's Electra--presenting the famous legend of a brother and sister who seek revenge on their mother for killing their father--is a portrayal interestingly different from that of Aeschylus or Sophocles. Heracles shows the malice of the gods--and mutual loyalty as the human response to divinely sent disaster.
Pages : 464
Publisher : Loeb Classics Library
Publication date : 1998-09-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights, Literature: History & Criticism