Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy – serie
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Euripides
Hippolytus
Av Sophie Mills
Häftad, 2002
397 kr
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"Hippolytus" is generally acknowledged to be one of Euripides' finest tragedies, for the construction of its plot, its use of language and its memorable characterisations of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Furthermore, it asks serious and disturbing questions about the influence of divinity on human lives. …
Euripides
"Iphigenia at Aulis"
Av Pantelis Michelakis, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2006
429 kr
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"Iphigenia at Aulis" dramatises the myth of Iphigenia, the young virgin sacrificed by her father Agamemnon at the start of the expedition against Troy. The ongoing debates around Iphigenia's voluntary sacrifice, the corruption of the play's moral universe, and the corruption of its text make …
Sophocles
"Ajax"
Av Jon Hesk
Häftad, 2003
429 kr
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Sophocles' "Ajax" is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. What are we to make of its protagonist's extremism? Does Ajax deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his state of mind so …
Euripides
"Herakles"
Häftad, 2006
429 kr
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In Euripides' play we see a very different figure from the Herakles of popular imagination. In his account of Herakles' maddened killing of his children, Euripides emphasises the human to the hero's character, presenting him as a loving father. Herakles is an ideal text for those new to ancient …
Euripides
"Medea"
Av Colonel William Allan, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2002
397 kr
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Euripides' "Medea" is one of the greatest and most influential Greek tragedies. This book outlines the development of the Medea myth before Euripides and explores his uniquely powerful version from various angles. There are chapters on the play's relationship to the gender politics of fifth-century …
Seneca
"Thyestes"
Av P.J. Davis
Häftad, 2003
429 kr
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Written in Nero's Rome in about AD62, Seneca's "Thyestes" is one of the ggreatest and most influential of classical tragedies. As the bloodiest work in the Greco-Roman canon, "Thyestes" was long reviled for its depiction of savage violence and for its representation of human bestiality. Peter Davis …
Sophocles
"Electra"
Av Michael Lloyd, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2005
429 kr
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Sophocles' Electra deals with the famous story of Orestes' vengeance on his mother Clytemnestra for her murder of his father Agamemnon. This book discusses whether the matricide is a just and final act of violence, or whether Sophocles ironically implies that it is more problematic than it seems. …
Aeschylus
Persians
Av David Rosenbloom, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2007
397 kr
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Aeschylus' Persians is the earliest extant Greek tragedy and sole surviving historical tragedy. Produced in 472 BC, the play tells the story of the defeat of the Persian king Xerxes in his attempt to expand his empire by conquering Greece and his return in rags to Persia to face the condemnation of …
