Trojan women : Iphigenia among the Taurians ; Ion / Euripides ; edited and translated by David Kovacs.

SeriesLoeb Classical Library ; 10
Loeb classical library ; 10. ^A467228
Abstract Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, is the text and translation of three of his plays. Trojan Women, a play about the causes and consequences of war, develops the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life. Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations (the murder of close relatives). Each ends happily with a joyful reunion. As in the first three volumes of this edition, David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and an admired new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well;" his introduction to each play and explanatory notes offer readers judicious guidance.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web.
LanguageText in Greek with English translation on facing pages.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Euripides. Trojan women. Iphigenia among the Taurians. Ion. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999 9780674995741
Other titleIphigenia among the Taurians.
Other titleIon.
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