This volume collects Euripides' Electra, an exciting story of vengeance that counterposes suspense and horror with comic realism; Orestes, the tragedy of ayoung man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father; Iphigenia in Tauris, a delicately written and beautifully contrived Euripidean 'romance'; and Iphigeneia at Aulis, a compelling look at the devastating consequence of'man's inhumanity to man.' This volume reprints the informative introductionsand notes of the original editions, and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers. INDICE: Electra (Janet Lembke, poet and translator; Kenneth J. Reckford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) ; Orestes (John Peck, poet ; Frank Nisetich, University of Massachusetts, Boston) ; Iphigenia in Tauris (the late Richmond Lattimore, poet and translator) ; Iphigeneia at Aulis (W. S. Merwin, poet and translator; George E. Dimock, Jr., author)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-538868-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés