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A new version of "Phaethon," unperformed since the fifth century BC, amounting to a new masterpiece. A tragic story of Phaethon, an illegitimate son of Helios. An ambitious young man, Phaethon strives for higher things, but is insufficiently strong to endure the very elevation he craves.

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The war is over. Beyond the prison walls, Troy and its people burn. Inside the prison, the city's captive women await their fate. But their grief at what has been before will soon be drowned out by the horror of what is to come, as the Greek lust for vengeance consumes everything man, woman and baby in its path.

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One of the greatest playwrights of Ancient Greece, the works of Euripides (484 406 BC) were revolutionary in their depiction of tragic events caused by flawed humanity, and in their use of the gods as symbols of human nature. The three plays in this collection show his abilities as the sceptical questioner of his age.

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This new volume of three of Euripides' most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes.

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Dionysus, god of wine and ecstasy, has come to Thebes, and the women are streaming out of the city to worship him on the mountain, drinking and dancing in wild frenzy. The king, Pentheus, denouces this so-called 'god' as a charlatan. But no mortal can deny a god and no man can ever stand against Dionysus.

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Four of Euripides' tragedies are here presented in new translations by the contemporary poet and classicist Anne Carson.

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Children, lead this old woman outside. A slave like the rest of you, She once was your queen.

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THE ACCLAIMED TRANSLATION BY ROBIN ROBERTSON (FORWARD PRIZE, MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST 2018)

Euripides' Medea, the brutally powerful ancient Greek tragedy that reverberates down the centuries, has been brought to fresh and urgent life by one of our best modern poets.

Medea has been betrayed.

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Ben Power's version of Euripides' tragedy Medea premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2014.

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The Greek playwright Euripedes was misunderstood in his own time, but the topics he chose to write about--women's role in society, war, religion, and the human condition--are still relevant today. Included here: "Alcestis", "Hippolytus", "Ion", "Electra", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Iphigenia Among the Taurians", "Medea", "The Bachhae", "The Trojan Woman", and "The Cyclops".

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This new volume of three of Euripides' most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes.

(Paperback)

Offers expert guidance to readers encountering the works for the first time. This book examines the cultural and political context in which the author wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included.

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Offers expert guidance to readers encountering the works for the first time. This book examines the cultural and political context in which the author wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included.

(Paperback, New edition)

A wonderful new translation of this classic play, with an introduction and notes by translator Stephen Esposito. Also available: an extensive online companion to the Bacchae, with additional notes and resources.

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"[Woodruff's translation] is clear, fluent, and vigorous, well thought out, readable and forceful. The rhythms are right, ever-present but not too insistent or obvious. It can be spoken instead of read and so is viable as an acting version; and it keeps the lines of the plot well focused." Charles Segal, Harvard University

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The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright's mature vision.

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The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright's mature vision.

(Paperback, New edition)

English translation of Euripides' tragedy in which Phaedra unsuccessfully fights her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, while he risks his life to keep her passion secret. Introduction on Euripides and ancient theater; interpretive essay on the play; bibliography.

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Includes introduction and notes by Robin Mitchell-Boyask.