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2) Ten plays
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Bantam classic volume SC78
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. "Euripides," the classicist Bernard Knox has written, 'was born never to live in peace with himself and to prevent the rest of mankind from doing so.' His plays were shockers: he unmasked heroes, revealing them as foolish and savage, and...
5) Medea
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her two children, Jason abandons her for a more favorable match, never suspecting the terrible revenge she will take.
Euripides' masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's...
Euripides' masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's...
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