Trojan women ; Iphigenia among the Taurians ; Ion / Euripides ; edited and translated by David Kovacs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Euripides, author.

Euripides, Iphigenia among the Taurians., author.

Contributor:

Kovacs, David, editor, translator.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 10.

Loeb Classical Library ; 10

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Euripides--Translations into English.

Euripides.

Hecuba, Queen of Troy--Drama.

Hecuba.

Ion (Mythological character)--Drama.

Ion.

Iphigenia (Mythological character)--Drama.

Iphigenia.

Iphigenia (Mythological character).

Ion (Mythological character).

Hecuba, Queen of Troy.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Translations into English.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Trojan War--Drama.

Trojan War.

Turkey--Troy (Extinct city).

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Digital Loeb.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, is the text and translation of three of his plays. Trojan Women, a play about the causes and consequences of war, develops the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life. Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations (the murder of close relatives). Each ends happily with a joyful reunion. As in the first three volumes of this edition, David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and an admired new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well;" his introduction to each play and explanatory notes offer readers judicious guidance.

Notes:

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Contains:

Euripides, Iphigenia among the Taurians., author.

Euripides. Ion.

Other Format:

Print version: Euripides. Trojan women. Iphigenia among the Taurians. Ion.

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