Ion

Informationen zum Autor Euripides was born near Athens between 485 and 480 BC. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some hundred altogether of which nineteen survive - a greater number than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined - and which include Alkestis , Medea , Bacchae , Hippolytos, Ion and Iphigenia at Aulis . He died in 406 BC. Klappentext A translation of one of Euripides' finest plays by one of Britain's most experienced translators Ion is the story of the abandoned child Ion, reunited with her mother Xouthos Zusammenfassung A new translation of Euripides' play in which the young hero, a foundling engaged to keep the Temple of Apollo tidy, meets the Queen of Athens. She tells him of "a friend" who was seduced by Apollo and had a baby which she abandoned. After a series of twists and turns, mother and son are reunited.

Product details

• Authors: Euripedes, Euripides
• Assisted by: David Lan (Editor), David Lan (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.1994
• EAN: 9780413693303
• ISBN: 978-0-413-69330-3
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Classical Dramatists; Classical Dramatists
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies