Electra and Other Plays: Euripides Paperback - 1999
by Euripides; John Davie (Translator); Introduction by Richard Rutherford
Summary
Written in the period from 426 to 415 BC, during the fierce struggle for supremacy between Athens and Sparta, these five plays are haunted by the horrors of war – and its particular impact on women. Only the Suppliants, with its extended debate on democracy and monarchy, can be seen as a patriotic piece. The Trojan Women is perhaps the greatest of all anti-war dramas; Andromache shows the ferocious clash between the wife and concubine of Achilles’ son Neoptolemos; while Hecabe reveals how hatred can drive a victim to an appalling act of cruelty. Electra develops (and parodies) Aeschylus’ treatment of the same story, in which the heroine and her brother Orestes commit matricide to avenge their father Agamemnon. As always, Euripides presents the heroic figures of mythology as recognizable, often very fallible, human beings. Some of his greatest achievements appear in this volume.
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- Title Electra and Other Plays: Euripides
- Author Euripides; John Davie (Translator); Introduction by Richard Rutherford
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date January 1, 1999
- Features Bibliography, Glossary
- ISBN 9780140446685 / 0140446680
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.18 x 0.59 in (19.76 x 13.16 x 1.50 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Tragedies, Electra (Greek mythology)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99179429
- Dewey Decimal Code 882.01
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