The Complete Euripides: Volume IV: Bacchae and Other Plays -- Euripides

Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: <em>Bacchae</em>, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; <em>Herakles</em>, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization<br>of the madness and exile of one of the most celebrated mythical figures; and <em>The Phoenician Women</em>, translated by Peter Burian and Brian Swamm, a disturbing interpretation of the fate of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus. These three tragedies were originally available as single<br>volumes. This volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers.<br><br><br><b>Author:</b> Euripides<br><b>Publisher:</b> Oxford University Press, USA<br><b>Published:</b> 02/23/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.10lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780195373400<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><br>The Greek Tragedy in New Translation series is edited by Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro.<br> <strong>Peter Burian</strong> is Professor of Classical & Comparative Literatures, and Theater Studies, Duke University. <p/> <strong>Alan Shapiro</strong> is Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the winner of the prestigious Lila Wallace Reader's Digest