Euripides: Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchae
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
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From the sunlit theatres of ancient Athens comes the electrifying dramatic genius of Euripides, the most psychologically daring of the three great Greek tragedians, whose works have haunted the Western imagination for over two millennia. This landmark collection presents four of his most celebrated plays — Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, and The Bacchae — each rendered in vivid modern translations that strip away the dust of antiquity to reveal the raw, beating heart of human passion, betrayal, and divine fury. At the centre of these tragedies stand figures of shattering intensity: Medea, the scorned sorceress who enacts an unspeakable revenge; Hippolytus, destroyed by a goddess's wrath and a stepmother's forbidden desire; Alcestis, who chooses death so that her husband may live; and Pentheus, the king torn apart for denying the god Dionysus his due. Edited and introduced by Robert W. Corrigan, a distinguished scholar of dramatic literature, this Laurel Classical Drama edition argues powerfully for Euripides' enduring relevance, illustrating how his radical humanism — his unflinching scrutiny of gods, gender, power, and grief — anticipates the moral complexity of modern drama. Unlike his contemporaries Aeschylus and Sophocles, Euripides placed flawed, fully human characters at the centre of cosmic conflict, crafting a theatre of unsettling empathy that continues to unsettle and provoke. Whether you are a first-time reader or a seasoned student of classical literature, these pages ask one unanswerable question: what are we truly capable of when pushed beyond all limit?
Author: Euripides; Edited By Robert W. Corrigan
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sunlit theatres of ancient Athens comes the electrifying dramatic genius of Euripides, the most psychologically daring of the three great Greek tragedians, whose works have haunted the Western imagination for over two millennia. This landmark collection presents four of his most celebrated plays — Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, and The Bacchae — each rendered in vivid modern translations that strip away the dust of antiquity to reveal the raw, beating heart of human passion, betrayal, and divine fury. At the centre of these tragedies stand figures of shattering intensity: Medea, the scorned sorceress who enacts an unspeakable revenge; Hippolytus, destroyed by a goddess's wrath and a stepmother's forbidden desire; Alcestis, who chooses death so that her husband may live; and Pentheus, the king torn apart for denying the god Dionysus his due. Edited and introduced by Robert W. Corrigan, a distinguished scholar of dramatic literature, this Laurel Classical Drama edition argues powerfully for Euripides' enduring relevance, illustrating how his radical humanism — his unflinching scrutiny of gods, gender, power, and grief — anticipates the moral complexity of modern drama. Unlike his contemporaries Aeschylus and Sophocles, Euripides placed flawed, fully human characters at the centre of cosmic conflict, crafting a theatre of unsettling empathy that continues to unsettle and provoke. Whether you are a first-time reader or a seasoned student of classical literature, these pages ask one unanswerable question: what are we truly capable of when pushed beyond all limit?