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Euripides: The Children of Heracles Paperback - 2001

by Euripides; William Allan (Editor); William Allan (Translator)


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The Children of Heracles is a powerful and challenging tragedy of exile and supplication. Driven from their homeland by Eurystheus, king of Argos, the children of Heracles flee as fugitives throughout Greece until they are granted protection in Athens. However, their acceptance as political refugees threatens to cause civil revolt among the Athenians and hostile invasion from the Argives. The self-sacrifice of Heracles' daughter ensures a victory for Athens and the Heraclidae, but Heracles' mother Alcmene refuses to spare the life of Eurystheus, although he is a prisoner of war protected by Athenian law. The play shows the amorality of the powerful and the vulnerability of refugees in the most disturbing terms, making for a drama of continuing moral and political relevance to the modern world. Greek text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

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  • Title Euripides: The Children of Heracles
  • Author Euripides; William Allan (Editor); William Allan (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 228
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liverpool University Press, Warminster
  • Date December 2001
  • ISBN 9780856687419 / 0856687413
  • Library of Congress subjects Tragedies, Heracles (Greek mythology) - Family
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004353178
  • Dewey Decimal Code 882.01

About the author

William Allan is Associate Professor of Classics at Oxford University and the author of The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy (Oxford University Press, 2000).

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