Herakles / Euripides ; translated by Kenneth McLeish.
| Author/creator | Euripides author. |
| Other author | McLeish, Kenneth, 1940-1997, translator. |
| Other author | Euripides |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London : Bloomsbury, [2013] |
| Copyright Date | ©2013 |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Drama online |
| Subjects |
| Summary | While the great Greek hero Herakles was in the underworld completing his divinely ordained labours, above ground, a rival king, Lykos, was busy plotting to murder Herakles' living mortal family. Instead, Herakles' returns just in time to kill Lykos. This is a short-lived redemption, however; after the murder of Lykos, Herakles' descends into madness and murders his own offspring, a madness initiated by an angry Hera, the goddess protector of Lykos. Only the appeal of the legendary king of Athens, Theseus, can bring Herakles back to sanity again, a sanity he reaches only to be realise his actions and be faced with a lifetime of heartbreak and an empty future ahead of him. |
| General note | Previously issued in print: in Plays five. London: Methuen Drama, 1997. |
| General note | Translated from the Ancient Greek. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2013). |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9781408190890.00000009 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |