| Euripides: The Children of Heracles First Published Edition Contributor(s): Euripides (Author), Allan, William (Editor), Allan, William (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0856687413 ISBN-13: 9780856687419 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: This volume provides a thorough philological and dramatic commentary on Euripides' Phoenissae, the first detailed commentary in English since 1911. An introduction surveys the play, its possible date, features of the original production, the background of Theban myth, the general problem of interpolation, and the textual tradition. The commentary treats the constitution of the text, noteworthy features of diction and style, dramatic technique and structure, and the controversies over possible later additions to the text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| LCCN: 2004353178 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.81" W x 8.25" 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Children of Heracles is a powerful and challenging tragedy of exile and supplication. Driven from their homeland by Eurystheus, king of Argos, the children of Heracles flee as fugitives throughout Greece until they are granted protection in Athens. |