Medea and Other Plays

Name: Medea and Other Plays
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ISBN: 9780140441291

ISBN-10: 0140441298

ISBN-13: 9780140441291

Edition: 2001

Authors: Euripides, Philip Vellacott, Philip Vellacott

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The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides (484-407 BC) made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter's sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance…

Book details

List price: $11.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/30/1963
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.72" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English