Penguin Classics. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Barbara Mertz's signature on front endpage. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (ancient greece, plays, literature)

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Euripides , the youngest of the three great Athenian playwrights, was born around 485 BC of a family of good standing. He first competed in the dramatic festivals in 455 BC, coming only third; his record of success in the tragic competitions is lower than that of either Aeschylus or Sophocles. There is a tradition that he was unpopular, even a recluse; we are told that he composed poetry in a cave by the sea, near Salamis. What is clear from contemporary evidence, however, is that audiences were fascinated by his innovative and often disturbing dramas. His work was controversial already in his lifetime, and he himself was regarded as a ‘clever’ poet, associated with philosophers and other intellectuals. Towards the end of his life he went to live at the court of Archelaus, king of Macedon. It was during his time there that he wrote what many consider his greates work, the Bacchae . When news of his death reached Athens in early 406 BC, Sophocles appeared publicly in mourning for him. Euripides is thought to have written about ninety-two plays, of which seventeen tragedies and one satyr-play known to be his survive; the other play which is attributed to him, the Rhesus , may in fact be by a later hand.

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Bookseller: Wonder Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: CA11OS-00060
Title: The Bacchae and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Author: Euripides
Book Condition: Used - Collectible - Good
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0140440445
ISBN 13: 9780140440447
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.s.a.
This edition first published: October 30, 1954

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