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Aeschylus II: The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, Seven against Thebes, and Prometheus Bound
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Include books by the same authorGrief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
Euripides · 312 pages
"Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. His plays were shockers: he unmasked heroes, revealing them as foolish and savage, and he wrote about the powerless - women and children, slaves and barbarians - for whom tragedy was no
Trachiniae
Sophocles, Patricia E. Easterling · 268 pages
Greek Tragedy
Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristotle, Aristophanes · 352 pages
Philoctetes
Sophocles · 128 pages
"En route to fight the Trojan War, the Greek army abandons Philoctetes after the smell of his festering wound, mysteriously received from a snakebite at a shrine on a small island off Lemnos, makes it unbearable to keep him on ship. Ten years later, an oracle makes it clear that the war cannot be won without the assistance of Philoctetes and his famous bow, inherited from Hercules himself. Philoct
An Oresteia
Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles · 255 pages
In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rheto
Greek Tragedies, Vol. 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides · 310 pages
Agamemnon
Aeschylus, Judith Affleck · 269 pages
Alcestis
Euripides, William Arrowsmith · 96 pages
"Euripides' Alcestic - perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama - is an ideal test for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions are too advanced or too elementary for intermediate students of the language, but in this new student edition, C. A. E. Luschnig and H. M. Roisman remedy such deficiencies." "The introductory sectio
Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare · 190 pages
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century.Each volume features:* Authoritative, reliable texts* High quality introductions and notes* New, more readable trade trim size* An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and
Eurydice
Sarah Ruhl · 71 pages
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story,
The Infernal Machine and Other Plays
Jean Cocteau · 409 pages
Presents the texts of six dramatic works by the French master of literature, including Orpheus, Bacchus, and The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party.
Penthesilea: A Tragic Drama
Heinrich von Kleist · 202 pages
An army of Amazons sets out to conquer Greek heroes for the purpose of stocking their women's state with new female offspring. They blast into the midst of the Trojan War, confusing Greeks and Trojans alike and for a moment forcing those enemies into a terrified alliance. When Achilles, the pride and mainstay of the Greeks, and Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, meet, a chase begins, and it is the
Antigone
Jean Anouilh · 74 pages
Apre s Sophocle, J. Anouilh reprend le mythe d'Antigone. Fille d'Oedipe et de Jocaste, la jeune Antigone est en re volte contre la loi humaine qui interdit d'enterrer le corps de son fre re Polynice. Pre sente e sous l'Occupation en 1944, cette pie ce met en sce ne l'absolu d'un personnage en re volte face au pouvoir, a l'injustice et a la me diocrite .
The Aeneid
Virgil
Aeneas, a Trojan warrior, searches for a new homeland after the fall of Troy. His journey becomes years of wandering. His tales of wars fought, cities built and burned, new kings, and struggling alliances spread the histories of heroes and their willingness to believe in their own resources and the miraculous help of the gods.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images
Frogs
Aristophanes · 125 pages
Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, for the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate. At the same time, its most problematic passages have been the
Metamorphoses
Mary Zimmerman · 86 pages
From back cover: Brings Ovid's tales to stunning visual life. Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, Metamorphoses juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image to reflect the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change.
Tiger At The Gates: A Play In Two Acts
Jean Giraudoux · 75 pages
The Two Noble Kinsmen
William Shakespeare, John Fletcher · 174 pages
When Theseus, Duke of Athens, learns that the ruler of Thebes has killed three noble kings he swears to take revenge. But after Athens triumphs over the rival city, Theseus is struck by the bravery of two Theban cousins and orders his surgeons to attend to them. Soon, the cousins' lifelong friendship is threatened, as both become overwhelmed with love for the duke's beautiful sister.