Medea ; Hippolytus ; Electra ; Helen / Euripides ; translated and edited by James Morwood ; introduction by Edith Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Euripides.

Contributor:

Morwood, James.

Series:

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 1998

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Euripides--Translations into English.

Euripides.

Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta.

Electra (Greek mythological figure).

Hippolytus (Mythological character).

Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character).

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Translations into English.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)--Drama.

Medea.

Hippolytus (Mythological character)--Drama.

Hippolytus.

Electra (Greek mythological figure)--Drama.

Electra.

Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta--Drama.

Helen.

Genre:

Drama.

Translations.

Tragedies.

Physical Description:

xlii, 218 pages : maps ; 20 cm.

Other Title:

Medea and other plays

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

One of the greatest Greek tragedians, Euripides gives dramatic articulacy to his remorseless view of human nature, and a world in which the gods are malevolent, impotent, or simply absent. With extraordinary psychological insight he portrays a child-killing and vengeful mother, a stepmother's passion for her stepson, and a heroine who helps to murder her mother in an act blurring the boundaries between justice and sin. The satyr drama 'Helen', although lighter in tone than the tragedies, explores the impossibility of certitude and offers a fragile but genuine hope of redemption. This new translation by James Morwood captures Euripides' variety of register and mood while a lucid introduction provides substantial analysis of each play as well as detailing teh traditions and background to Euripides' world.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Note on the Translation

Select Bibliography

A Chronology of Euripides' Work and Times

Map of the Greek World

Medea

Hippolytus

Electra

Helen

Explanatory Notes

Notes:

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

This edition includes: introduction; textual note; bibliography; chronology; appendices; and explanatory notes.

"First published as an Oxford world's classics paperback 1998. Reissued 2008"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xlii).

Other Format:

Online version: Euripides. Selections. English. 1998. Medea.

ISBN:

9780199537969

0199537968

OCLC:

320697163