Hippolytos

Name: Hippolytos
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ISBN: 9780195072907

ISBN-10: 0195072901

ISBN-13: 9780195072907

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Euripides, Robert Bagg

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In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite. In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed by the playwright's moral and religious fascination--we find a Phaidra resisting the goddess of love with all her strength, though in the end unsuccessfully. Phaidra becomes a tragic foil for Hippolytos, making his superhuman virtue at once believable and understandable. Robert Bagg's profound translation of this Euripidean masterpiece is idiomatic, natural, and intensely lyrical, designed not only to be read but performed. Unlike most versions, Bagg's Hippolytos sustains the dramatic tome and…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/29/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.20" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English