Medea and other plays
Euripides2004
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The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms.
Main title:
Medea and other plays / Euripides ; translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2004.
Collation:
208 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Contents:
Contents: Medea - Hecabe - Electra - Heracles.
ISBN:
9780140441291 (pbk)
Local class:
882.01 EURI
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
BRN:
1797