Euripides Heracles and Other Plays (Paperback) Oxford World's Classics

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Heracles and Other PlaysCondition: NewEAN: 9780199555093ISBN: 9780199555093Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/11/2008Item Height: 195mmItem Length: 127mmItem Width: 12mmLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0199555095Description: Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * CyclopsEuripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick humour that characterized the genre.There is death in Alcestis, which explores the marital relationship of Alcestis and Admetus with pathos and grim humour, but whose status as tragedy is subverted by a happy ending. The blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering; its demand for a more humanistic ethics in the face of divine indifference and callousness makes it one of Euripides' more popular and profound plays. Children of Heracles is a rich and complex work, famous for its dialogues and monologues, in which the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them are movingly explored. In Cyclops Euripides takes the familiar story of Odysseus' escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus and turns it to hilarious comic effect. Euripides' other plays are all available in Oxford World's Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Poetry & DramaAuthor: EuripidesTranslator: Robin WaterfieldContributor: Robin Waterfield (Translated by), Edith Hall (Introduction by), James Morwood (Notes by)Item Weight: 171gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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