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1	Medea and Other Plays more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist 'the most tragic of the poets' Aristotle Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. He is also remarkable for the prominence he gave to female characters, whether heroines of virtue ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides I more books like this by Euripides, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) add to wishlist Includes "Alcestis", "The Medea", "The Heracleidae" and "Hippolytus". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.29! \| SVS
3	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides V more books like this by Euripides, David Grene (Editor), Richard Lattimore (Editor) add to wishlist Includes "Electra", "The Phoenician Women" and "The Bacchae". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Medea more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers. These new translations are more than faithful to the original text, going beyond the literal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ten Plays by Euripides more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life. In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy. For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.81! \| SVS
6	The Bacchae, and other plays more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.39! \| SVS
7	Bacchae more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist This translation is intended primarily for classroom use. It is aimed first of all at being clear and true to the basic meaning of the text. After that Paul Woodruff has tried to bring across some of the beauty of poetry given the chorus as well as the rhetorical power and cleverness of the dialogue and speeches. The translation of this play ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, the Bacchae more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist see all copies from $3.36! new only from $14.82! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Euripides: Ten Plays more books like this by Euripides, Euripedes, Paul Roche (Translator) add to wishlist The Greek playwright Euripedes was misunderstood in his own time, but the topics he chose to write about--women's role in society, war, religion, and the human condition--are still relevant today. Included here: "Alcestis", "Hippolytus", "Ion", "Electra", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Iphigenia Among the Taurians", "Medea", "The Bachhae", "The Trojan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides III more books like this by Euripides, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattiomre (Editor) add to wishlist Includes "Hecuba", "Andromache", "The Trojan Women" and "Ion". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides II more books like this by Euripides, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) add to wishlist Includes "The Cyclops", "Heracles", "Iphigenis in Tauris" and "Helen". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.31! \| SVS
12 view cover	Iphigeneia at Aulis. more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist In this new translation of Euripides' celebrated Greek tragedy, W.S. Merwin and George E. Dimock, Jr. offer a compelling look at the devastating consequence of 'man's inhumanity to man'. A stern critique of Greek culture, Iphigeneia at Aulis condemns the Trojan War by depicting the power of political ambition and the ensuing repercussions of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.59! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Electra and Other Plays: Euripides more books like this by Euripides, John Davie (Translator), Richard Rutherford (Introduction by) add to wishlist Written during a period overshadowed by the fierce struggle for supremacy between Sparta and Euripides' native Athens, these five plays are haunted by the shadow of war - and in particular its impact on women. In "Electra" the children of Agamemnon take bloody revenge on their mother for murdering their father after his return from Troy, and ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
14	Greek Tragedy in New Translations more books like this by Euripides, Robert Bagg (Translator) add to wishlist Euripides's earliest surviving work, "Alcestis" tells the story of a queen who sacrifices herself for her husband. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.47! \| SVS
15 view cover	Euripides: Medea more books like this by Euripides, B Gredley (Editor) add to wishlist This up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes Medea as a revenge-plot, evaluates the strands of motivation that lead to her tragic insistence on killing her own children, and assesses the potential ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Euripides Bacchae more books like this by Euripides, Dr. David Franklin (Commentaries by), John Harrison (Preface by) add to wishlist Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, which include suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage ... see all copies from $4.53! new only from $4.53! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Trojan Women and Other Plays more books like this by Euripides, James Morwood (Translator), Edith Hall (Introduction by) add to wishlist Hecuba The Trojan Women Andromache In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled intensity in the playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the poets. ... see all copies from $3.88! new only from $5.90! \| SVS
18 view cover	Euripides' Hippolytus more books like this by Euripides, Richard Hamilton add to wishlist Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, which include suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Complete Greek Tragedies more books like this by David Grene, Richmond Alexander Lattimore add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! first editions
20 view cover	Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist This volume of three of Euripides' most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes. see all copies from $9.70! new only from $9.70! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Complete Euripides, Volume IV: Bacchae and Other Plays more books like this by Euripides, Peter Burian (Editor), Alan Shapiro (Editor) add to wishlist Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization of the madness and exile of one of the most celebrated ... see all copies from $7.39! new only from $7.85! \| SVS
22 view cover	Five Great Greek Tragedies: Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus more books like this by Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus add to wishlist Five of the greatest Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation, include "Oedipus Rex" and "Electra" by Sophocles (translated by George Young); "Medea" and "Bacchae "by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman); and "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus (translated by George Thomson), a monumental work that examines relations between humans ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.23! \| SVS
23 view cover	Andromache more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist Euripides experimented with the tragic form in this drama composed between 428 and 424 B.C. about Andromache, the former lover of the Trojan hero Hector, who is living among the victorious Greeks as a concubine when the drama begins. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.43! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Hippolytos more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist Euripides' Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The detailed commentary deals with textual problems in full, but wherever possible the editor has sought to explain the text ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.16! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Fabulae more books like this by Euripides, James Diggle (Editor) add to wishlist Praise for Vols. I and II: 'The virtues of this first-rate edition are too numerous to catalogue, and in any case,since they will stand enshrined in what is undoubtedly to be the standard text of Euripides for the next generation or two, they will receive as their just requital the gratitude of countless scholars and students in the future.' ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $42.48!

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