Iphigeneia in Tauris

Name: Iphigeneia in Tauris
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ISBN: 9780195072914

ISBN-10: 019507291X

ISBN-13: 9780195072914

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Euripides, Richmond Lattimore

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The modern reader may have difficulty conceiving of Iphigeneia in Tauris as tragedy, for the term in our sense is associated with downfall, death, and disaster. But to the ancient Greeks, the use of heroic legend, the tragic diction and meters, and the tragic actors would have defined it as pure tragedy, the happy ending notwithstanding. While not one of his "deep" dramatic works, the play is Euripidean in many respects, above all in its recurrent theme of escape,symbolized in the rescue of Iphigeneia by Artemis, to whom she was about to be sacrificed. Richmond Lattimore--who has been called the dean of American translators--has translated Iphigeneia in Tauris with skill and subtlety,…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/30/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 5.31" wide x 7.99" long x 0.24" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English