Euripides Plays: 3 - Alkestis; Helen; Ion

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series The three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a moving "romance" with death; it has parallels to Shakespeare''s The Winter''s Tale. Helen, an alternative version of the tragic portrayal of the Trojan War, shows Helen "relocated in a delightful comedy" (Observer) - as an innocent victim of her own beauty, hidden in Egypt by the gods while her image has been abducted by Paris. In Ion, a father who thought he was childless discovers his son, and a son who thought he was motherless finds his mother.

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Euripides

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• Authors: Euripides
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.1997
• EAN: 9780413716200
• ISBN: 978-0-413-71620-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 202 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Classical Dramatists
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Darstellende Künste, PERFORMING ARTS / General, DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, Plays / Drama