The Bacchae and Other Plays

Name: The Bacchae and Other Plays
Brand: Penguin Classics
SKU: 0140447261
Price: 491 INR
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ISBN: 9780140447262

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26 Jan, 2006

By Euripides(Author)

Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audie...

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ISBN-10:

0140447261

ISBN-13:

9780140447262

Publisher

Penguin Classics

No.of Pages

432

Dimensions

7.8 X 5.08 X 0.94 inches

Description

Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation, while Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful murder of his mother. In the Bacchae, a king mistreats a newcomer to his land, little knowing that he is the god Dionysus disguised as a mortal, while in Iphigenia at Aulis, the Greek leaders take the horrific decision to sacrifice a princess to gain favour from the gods in their mission to Troy. Finally, the Rhesus depicts a world of espionage between the warring Greek and Trojan camps.

Product Details

ISBN-10

: 0140447261

ISBN-13

: 9780140447262

Publisher

: Penguin Classics

Publication date

: 26 Jan, 2006

About the Author

EURIPIDES (C.484-406 B.C.) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles; he is the youngest of the three. He is believed to have written 92 dramas, but only 19 of them are now known.

John Davie is Head of Classics at St Paul's School in London.
Richard Rutherford is Tutor in Greek and Latin Literature at Christ Church, Oxford.