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Medea and Other Plays : "Medea","Hecabe","Electra","Heracles"
Description
Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking and horrific of all the Greek tragedies. Dominating the play is Medea herself, a towering and powerful figure who demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. Alcestis, a tragicomedy, is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Children of Heracles examines the conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity and moral dilemmas. These plays show Euripides transforming the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.Author description
Euripides was an Athenian born in 484BC. A member of a family of considerable rank, he disliked performing the public duties expected of him, preferring a life of introspection. He was not a popular figure, and at some point (and for a reason unknown) he went into voluntary exile at the court of Archelaus, King of Macedon. He died c.407BC and is thought to have written around ninety-two plays, of which seventeen survive.Stock Information
General Fields
- : 9780140441291
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Classics
- : July 1973
- : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations, ports.
- : 208
- : Paperback
- : Euripides - Translated by P. Vellacott
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