| Euripides: Andromache Contributor(s): Euripides (Author), Lloyd, M. (Editor), Lloyd, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0856686239 ISBN-13: 9780856686238 Publisher: Aris & Phillips OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: Andromache, written in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, shows the effects of war on the conquerors and the conquered. The other main theme is the role and nature of women, explored through the conflict between the contrasting figures of Andromache and Hermione. The play has a bold and original structure, which finds room for paranoia, nymphomania, racialism, blackmail, treachery, mental breakdown, elopement and revenge. Fully revised new edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| Series: Classical Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (0.97 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Andromache, written in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, shows the effects of war on the conquerors and the conquered. The other main theme is the role and nature of women, explored through the conflict between the contrasting figures of Andromache and Hermione. The play has a bold and original structure, which finds room for paranoia, nymphomania, racialism, blackmail, treachery, mental breakdown, elopement and revenge. The climax is a messenger speech describing the lynching of Neoptolemus in the temple of Apollo at Delphi. Fully revised new edition. |