Suppliant women : Electra ; Heracles

Suppliant women : Electra ; Heracles / Euripides ; edited and translated by David Kovacs.

Centering on the right of proper burial for those fallen in battle, Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. In Electra Euripides gives us his version of the famous legend of the murder of Clytaemestra by her children in revenge for her killing their father, a portrayal interestingly...

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Main Author: Euripides
Other Authors: Kovacs, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Series:Loeb classical library ; 9.
Subjects:
Euripides > Translations into English.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure) > Drama.
Heracles > (Greek mythological character) > Drama.
Mythology, Greek > Drama.
Greek drama (Tragedy) > Translations into English.
Tragedies (Drama)
Drama.
Translations.
Tragedies.
Uniform Title:Works.
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Summary:Centering on the right of proper burial for those fallen in battle, Suppliant Women reflects on war and on the rule of law. In Electra Euripides gives us his version of the famous legend of the murder of Clytaemestra by her children in revenge for her killing their father, a portrayal interestingly different from that in Sophocles' Electra. Narrating sudden reversals in the hero's fortunes, Heracles testifies to the fragility of human happiness.
Physical Description:viii, 455 pages ; 17 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:067499566X
9780674995666
Language:Greek and English.

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