Greek tragedies / edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grene, David.

Lattimore, Richmond, 1906-1984.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Translations into English.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Mythology, Greek--Drama.

Mythology, Greek.

Genre:

Drama.

Tragedies.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991-

Summary:

Volume 1-Second Edition. In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of more than three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for the classroom use.Aeschylus: Agamemnon and Prometheus BoundSophocles: Oedipus The King and AntigoneEuripides: Hippolytus

Contents:

v.1 Agamemnon / Aeschylus (translated by Richmond Lattimore)

Prometheus bound / Aeschylus (translated by David Grene)

Oedipus the king / Sophocles (translated by David Grene)

Antigone / Sophocles (translated by David Grene)

Hippolytus / Euripides (translated by David Grene)

v.3. Eumenides / Aeschylus (translated by Richmond Lattimore)

Philoctetes / Sophocles (translated by David Grene)

Oedipus at Colonus / Sophocles (translated by David Grene)

Bacchae / Euripides (translated by William Arrowsmith)

Alcestis / Euripides (translated by Richmond Lattimore).

Notes:

Translated from Greek.

Selections from the Complete Greek tragedies, published in 9 v. in 1960 by the University of Chicago Press.

ISBN:

0226307905

9780226307909

0226307913

9780226307916

OCLC:

22510810

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