Euripides: Medea and Electra: A Companion to the Penguin Translation

by John Ferguson and John Ferguson

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Euripides was particularly noted for his sensitive portrayals of women and for finding a sympathetic side to those whom the stock mythology tended to see as evil monsters, such as Helen of Troy. Medea murdered her children by Jason when he deserted her fora new wife; Electra and Orestes killed their own mother in revenge for her betrayal and murder of their father Agamemnon. This kind of searing tragedy may easily be read in translation but its...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0862922682

ISBN13:9780862922689

Release Date:June 1991

Publisher:Bristol Classical Press

Length:64 Pages

Weight:0.24 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 5.4" x 6.0"

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