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Language: en
Pages: 483
Pages: 483
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-02-23 - Publisher: Penguin UK
Written during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens, these six plays by Euripides brilliantly utilize traditional legends
Language: en
Pages: 196
Pages: 196
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-01 - Publisher: A&C Black
"Orestes" was one of Euripides' most popular plays in antiquity. Its plot, which centres on Orestes' murder of his mother Clytemnestra and its aftermath, is exc
Language: en
Pages: 382
Pages: 382
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-17 - Publisher: BRILL
This work challenges recent critical assessments that emphasize the allegedly subversive elements in Euripides' play. The Orestes is found to present a curious
Language: en
Pages: 83
Pages: 83
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-25 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Produced more frequently on the ancient stage than any other tragedy, Orestes retells with striking innovations the story of the young man who kills his mother
Language: en
Pages: 272
Pages: 272
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-02 - Publisher: Macmillan
In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles