Tantalus: An Epic for Our Time
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[body] In "Tantalus, " we return to Ancient Greece to view the origins and outcome of the Trojan Wars with a modern eye. The legend, handed down through the ages in fragments, remains at the core of Western civilization. In this ten-part epic drama, the story is told complete. Achilles, Helen of Troy, Cassandra, Orestes and the heroes of Greek myth face up to the questions and dilemmas of a world at war.
Author: John Barton
Format: Paperback, 511 pages, 130mm x 210mm, 726 g
Published: 1999, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Genre: Drama Texts, Plays & Screenplays
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[body] In "Tantalus, " we return to Ancient Greece to view the origins and outcome of the Trojan Wars with a modern eye. The legend, handed down through the ages in fragments, remains at the core of Western civilization. In this ten-part epic drama, the story is told complete. Achilles, Helen of Troy, Cassandra, Orestes and the heroes of Greek myth face up to the questions and dilemmas of a world at war.
Tantalus: An Epic for Our Time