Suppliant Women. Electra. Heracles

Euripides, David Kovacs, David Kovacs (Professor of Classics, University of Virginia, USA)

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
01 September 1998

Plays & playscripts; History; Ancient Greek

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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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, are four of his plays.

Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. Euripides's Electra--presenting the famous legend of a brother and sister who seek revenge on their mother for killing their father--is a portrayal interestingly different from that of Aeschylus or Sophocles. Heracles shows the malice of the gods--and mutual loyalty as the human response to divinely sent disaster.

David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and a new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is ""close to the Greek and reads fluently and well.""

By: Euripides
Translated by: David Kovacs (Professor of Classics University of Virginia USA)
Edited and translated by: David Kovacs
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised edition
Volume: No. 9
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780674995666
ISBN 10: 067499566X
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 September 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active