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| Title | : | Suppliant Women (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019504553X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
An excellent set of notes and a useful glossary rounds out this lively new translation, which should give Suppliant Women a new life in the classroom and in the theatre."--Harvard Review"This new verse translation of Euripides' 'Suppliant Women' is a distinguished addition to the ever-growing series, Greek Tragedy in New Translations. I was particularly impressed by the attention paid to theatrical concerns and the restoration of the reputation of this play in the introduction."--Douglas Domingo-Foraste, Cal State University, Long Beach"A superb translation and perhaps an even better introduction."--Philip F. O'Mara, Bridgewater College"A distinguished addition. It i
R. D. Allison (dallison@biochem.med.ufl.edu) said Compassion for the dead and the folly of war.. The suppliants in this play by Euripides are seven women and their king (Adrastus, King of Argos) who have come to Athens and its leader, Theseus, to ask for aid in their quest. The women's seven sons had been killed in battle against Thebes in the attempt by Polyneices to regain his inheritance from his brother Eteocles (both sons of Oedipus). Argos lost the battle
Stephen Scully is Associate Professor of Classics at Boston University.. bout the Editors:Rosanna Warren is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Boston University and Poetry Consultant for the Partisan Review
Torn between the mothers' lament over the dead and proud civic eulogy, between calls for a just war and grief for the fallen, the play captures the competing poles of the human psyche.. This translation shows the striking interplay of voices in Euripides' 'Suppliant Women'
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