Books : Ten Plays (Signet Classics)
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by: Euripides
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 882.01
EAN: 9780451527004
ISBN: 0451527003
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: October 01, 1998
Publisher: Signet Classics
Sales Rank: 87860
Studio: Signet Classics
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Product Description:
A modern translation exclusive to signet
From perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and The Cyclops.
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Rating:  - Good but average
This is a very good classic but missing one key item. Many classics refer to line numbers from some standard edition, this copy lacks those which I have found handy when discussing with others or for references. Otherwise it is a reasonable edition of a very good work at a fair price.
Rating:  - Wonderful. Greek tragedies have no comparison.
I've never read the original Greek versions so I'm not sure how accurate or well the plays were translated, but the stories were...well, classic. Medea especially tugged at my heart-strings. I think any mother should at least read that story. Wonderful, beautiful, riveting, and necessary for fans of Sophocles, Plato, and tragedies in general.
Rating: - Euripides is a genius.
Combining mythology with genius storytelling, Euripides writes plays that pull his readers into plots filled with suspense and drama while keeping the sense of impending tragedy ever present. When I read Medea, I was amazed, if not a little bit obsessed. By the first scene, I felt engaged; I imagined it happening as I read. And when the tragic heroine finally entered, I was in awe of Euripides' character development technique. He managed to put real emotion on paper. I understood what Medea was ... Read More
Rating: - An Ancient Greek Look at Human Nature
The ten plays Paul Roche translated consisted of some of Euripides' finest plays and some of the lesser known plays. I particularly liked Alcestis and Hippolytus and cared less for the last three plays in the book. The one thing that struck me about Euripides is the inconsistency of some of his characters from the way Homer or Sophocles depicted them and his own depiction. Furthermore, in the case of Iphegenia in Aulis and Iphegenia Among the Taurians the character of Iphegenia changes from a heroic ... Read More
Rating: - Ten plays by Euripides, the first playwright of democracy
Euripides was the youngest and the least successful of the great triad of Greek tragic poets. Criticized by the conservatives of his time for introducing shabby heroes and immoral women into his plays, his plays were ridiculed by Aristophanes in "The Frogs." His plays exhibited his iconoclastic, rationalizing attitude toward the ancient myths that were the subject matter for Greek drama. For Euripides the gods were irrational and petulant, while heroes had flawed natures and uncontrolled passions ... Read More
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