Heracles and Other Plays

Informationen zum Autor Euripides Klappentext Heracles/ Iphigenia Among the Taurians/ Helen/ Ion/ Cyclops: Of these plays, only 'Heracles' truly belongs in the tragic sphere with its presentation of underserved suffering and divine malignity. The other plays flirt with comedy and comic themes. Their plots are ironic and complex with deception and elusion eventually leading to reconciliation between mother and son in 'Ion', brother and sister in 'Iphigenia', and husband and wife in 'Helen'. The comic vein is even stronger in the satyric'Cyclops' in which the giant's inebriation and subsequent violence are treated as humorous. Together, these plays demonstrate Euripides' challenge to the generic boundaries of Athenian drama. Zusammenfassung Includes the plays "Heracles", "Iphigenia Among the Taurians", "Helen", "Ion", and "Cyclops". Inhaltsverzeichnis Heracles and Other PlaysGeneral Introduction Chronological Table Note on the Text Translator's Note Preface to Heracles Heracles Preface to Iphigenia among the Taurians Iphigenia Among the Taurians Preface to Ion Ion Preface to Helen Helen Preface to Cyclops Cyclops Notes Bibliography Glossary of Mythological and Geographical Names

Product details

• Authors: John Davie, Euripides, Richard Rutherford
• Assisted by: Richard Rutherford (Editor), John Davie (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2002
• EAN: 9780140447255
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044725-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Classical texts, Ancient, classical and medieval texts