Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy – serie
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Seneca: Phaedra
Av Roland Mayer
Häftad, 2002
430 kr
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Phaedra is one of Seneca's most successful tragedies. It was the first ancient drama to be performed in the Renaissance, marking an epoch in European theatre. The myth, as reworked by Seneca on the basis of dramas by Euripides, was endowed with fresh power, and his characterisation of Phaedra, …
Sophocles: Women of Trachis
Av Brad Levett
Häftad, 2004
430 kr
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After completing his labours, Herakles finally returns home, sending ahead a young woman, Iole, to serve his bed. In an attempt to regain Herakles' affection and defend her position, his faithful wife Deianeira accidentally destroys the hero by her use of magic. Sophocles' "Women of Trachis" deals …
Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound
Av Ian Ruffell, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2012
430 kr
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Prometheus Bound is a play beloved of revolutionaries, romantics and rebels, with a fierce optimism tempered by an acute awareness of the compromises, dangers and obsessions of political action. This companion sets the play in its historical context, explores its challenge to authority, and traces …
Euripides
Trojan Women
Av Barbara Goff
Häftad, 2008
430 kr
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Set at the end of the Trojan war, "Euripides' Trojan Women" depicts the women of Troy as they wait to be taken into slavery. While choral songs recall the death-throes of the great city, the scenes between the old queen, Hekabe, and the women of her family explore the consequences of the defeat, …
Euripides: Suppliant Women
Häftad, 2008
430 kr
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Euripides' "Suppliant Women" is an unfairly neglected master work by the most controversial of the three great tragedians of Ancient Greece. It dramatises the story of one of the proudest moments in Athenian mythical history: the intervention of Theseus in support of international law to force the …
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus
Av Adrian Kelly, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2009
430 kr
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In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and …
Euripides
Orestes
Häftad, 2008
430 kr
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"Orestes" was one of Euripides' most popular plays in antiquity. Its plot, which centres on Orestes' murder of his mother Clytemnestra and its aftermath, is exciting as well as morally complex; its presentation of madness is unusually intense and disturbing; it deals with politics in a way which …
Euripides: Ion
Av Laura Swift
Häftad, 2008
430 kr
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"Euripides' Ion" is the story of a young man's search for his identity, and a woman's attempt to come to terms with her past. Through the story of a divine rape and its consequences, it asks questions about the justice of the gods and the nature of parenthood, encouraging its audience to consider …
Aeschylus: Suppliants
Häftad, 2011
430 kr
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Aeschylus' 'Suppliants' dramatises the myth of the fifty daughters of Danaos, who flee Egypt and come to Argos as suppliants, trying to escape forced marriage to their Egyptian cousins. It was long considered to be the earliest surviving tragedy. Even after the mid-20th century, when new evidence …
Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians
E-bok, 2019
421 kr
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In this new student introduction to a Greek tragedy, Isabelle Torrance looks at what makes Iphigenia among the Taurians a successful tragedy in ancient Greek terms, and how dramatic excitement is achieved through the exotic setting, the cast of characters, and the chorus. Assuming no knowledge of …
Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians
E-bok, 2019
430 kr
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In this new student introduction to a Greek tragedy, Isabelle Torrance looks at what makes Iphigenia among the Taurians a successful tragedy in ancient Greek terms, and how dramatic excitement is achieved through the exotic setting, the cast of characters, and the chorus. Assuming no knowledge of …
Euripides: Children of Heracles
Av Florence Yoon, Thomas Harrison
Inbunden, 2020
1470 kr
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This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides’ Children of Heracles, providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles’ family after his death. Euripides confronts characters and …
Euripides: Children of Heracles
E-bok, 2020
466 kr
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This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides'' Children of Heracles , providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles'' family after his death. Euripides confronts characters …
Euripides: Children of Heracles
E-bok, 2020
466 kr
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This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides'' Children of Heracles , providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles'' family after his death. Euripides confronts characters …
Seneca: Hercules Furens
Av Neil Bernstein, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2018
593 kr
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Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca’s play Hercules Furens presents the hero at a moment of triumph turned to tragedy. Hercules returns from his final labor, his journey to the Underworld, and then slaughters his family in an episode of madness. This play exerted …
Euripides: Electra
Inbunden, 2020
1389 kr
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This new introduction to Euripides' fascinating interpretation of the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes its theatricality, showing how captivating the play remains to this day. Electra poses many challenges for those drawn to Greek tragedy – students, scholars, actors, directors, …
Euripides: Electra
Av Rush Rehm
E-bok, 2020
448 kr
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This new introduction to Euripides'' fascinating interpretation of the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes its theatricality, showing how captivating the play remains to this day. Electra poses many challenges for those drawn to Greek tragedy – students, scholars, actors, directors, …
Euripides: Electra
Av Rush Rehm
E-bok, 2020
448 kr
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This new introduction to Euripides'' fascinating interpretation of the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes its theatricality, showing how captivating the play remains to this day. Electra poses many challenges for those drawn to Greek tragedy – students, scholars, actors, directors, …
Pseudo-Seneca: Octavia
Av Erica M. Bexley, Thomas Harrison
Inbunden, 2026
1308 kr
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Octavia is a unique play: a work of uncertain authorship and date, erroneously attributed to Seneca, it is the only surviving example of a Roman historical drama. Its story focuses on the turbulent events surrounding Nero’s divorce from his first wife – Octavia, daughter of the emperor Claudius – …
Pseudo-Seneca: Octavia
E-bok, 2025
1392 kr
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Octavia is a unique play: a work of uncertain authorship and date, erroneously attributed to Seneca, it is the only surviving example of a Roman historical drama. Its story focuses on the turbulent events surrounding Nero's divorce from his first wife Octavia, daughter of the emperor Claudius and …
Pseudo-Seneca: Octavia
E-bok, 2025
1434 kr
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Octavia is a unique play: a work of uncertain authorship and date, erroneously attributed to Seneca, it is the only surviving example of a Roman historical drama. Its story focuses on the turbulent events surrounding Nero's divorce from his first wife Octavia, daughter of the emperor Claudius and …
Seneca: Medea
Av Helen Slaney, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2020
447 kr
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Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca’s treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of …
Euripides: Electra
Häftad, 2022
414 kr
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This new introduction to Euripides' fascinating interpretation of the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes its theatricality, showing how captivating the play remains to this day. Electra poses many challenges for those drawn to Greek tragedy – students, scholars, actors, directors, …
Euripides: Children of Heracles
Av Florence Yoon, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2021
430 kr
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This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides’ Children of Heracles, providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles’ family after his death. Euripides confronts characters and …
Pseudo-Seneca: Hercules on Oeta
Av George W. M. Harrison, Thomas Harrison
Inbunden, 2026
1145 kr
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A Roman tragedy widely considered to be post-Senecan and of unknown authorship, Hercules on Oeta is the longest play to survive from antiquity. This accessible volume offers a concise yet thorough introduction for readers coming to the play for the first time, exploring issues of authorship, date …
Pseudo-Seneca: Hercules on Oeta
E-bok, 2025
1228 kr
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A Roman tragedy widely considered to be post-Senecan and of unknown authorship, Hercules on Oeta is the longest play to survive from antiquity. This accessible volume offers a concise yet thorough introduction for readers coming to the play for the first time, exploring issues of authorship, date …
Pseudo-Seneca: Hercules on Oeta
E-bok, 2025
1107 kr
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A Roman tragedy widely considered to be post-Senecan and of unknown authorship, Hercules on Oeta is the longest play to survive from antiquity. This accessible volume offers a concise yet thorough introduction for readers coming to the play for the first time, exploring issues of authorship, date …
Euripides: Andromache
Av Hanna M. Roisman, Thomas Harrison
Inbunden, 2022
1308 kr
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The book is written mainly for students to enable them better to appreciate and enjoy Euripides’ Andromache. Its presentation seeks to combine depth of analysis with clarity and accessibility. It discusses Greek theatre and performance, the myth behind the play, and the literary, intellectual, and …
Euripides: Andromache
E-bok, 2022
430 kr
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The book is written mainly for students to enable them better to appreciate and enjoy Euripides'' Andromache . Its presentation seeks to combine depth of analysis with clarity and accessibility. It discusses Greek theatre and performance, the myth behind the play, and the literary, intellectual, …
Euripides: Andromache
E-bok, 2022
421 kr
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The book is written mainly for students to enable them better to appreciate and enjoy Euripides'' Andromache . Its presentation seeks to combine depth of analysis with clarity and accessibility. It discusses Greek theatre and performance, the myth behind the play, and the literary, intellectual, …
