The Trojan Women and Other Plays

Autor: Euripides
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Hecuba The Trojan Women Andromache In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled intensity in the playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the poets. Yet the new battleground of the aftermath of war is one in which the women of Troy evince an overwhelming greatness of spirit. We weep for the aged Hecuba in her name play and in The Trojan Women, yet we respond with an at times appalled admiration to her resilience amid unrelieved suffering. Andromache, the slave-concubine of her husband's killer, endures her existence in the victor's country with a Stoic nobility. Of their time yet timeless, these plays insist on the victory of the female spirit amid the horrors visited on them by the gods and men during war. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Review from other book by this author 'Morwood's prose translations read smoothly and reflect current, idiomatic English speech...the impressively ample and up-to-date select bibliography, genuinely helpful explanatory notes for each play, useful discussion of Euripides' thought and style, and the concise, informative background information about the world in which Euripides lived all contribute to the value of this book' Review of Medea and Other Plays
Hecuba The Trojan Women Andromache In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled intensity in the playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the poets. Yet the new battleground of the aftermath of war is one in which the women of Troy evince an overwhelming greatness of spirit. We weep for the aged Hecuba in her name play and in The Trojan Women, yet we respond with an at times appalled admiration to her resilience amid unrelieved suffering. Andromache, the slave-concubine of her husband's killer, endures her existence in the victor's country with a Stoic nobility. Of their time yet timeless, these plays insist on the victory of the female spirit amid the horrors visited on them by the gods and men during war. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Review from other book by this author 'Morwood's prose translations read smoothly and reflect current, idiomatic English speech...the impressively ample and up-to-date select bibliography, genuinely helpful explanatory notes for each play, useful discussion of Euripides' thought and style, and the concise, informative background information about the world in which Euripides lived all contribute to the value of this book' Review of Medea and Other Plays
Autor Euripides
Verlag Oxford Academic
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
Seitenangabe 224 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen Englisch
Abbildungen 1 map
Masse H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.1 cm 169 g
Coverlag OUP Oxford (Imprint/Brand)
Reihe Oxford World's Classics

Über den Autor Euripides

Euripides (um 485/484 oder 480 v. Chr. auf Salamis - 406 v. Chr. in Pella) wird neben Sophokles und Aischylos zu den drei großen Tragikern der Antike gerechnet. In »Die Troerinnen« blicken die nach dem verlorenen Trojanischen Krieg hinterbliebenen Frauen einer ungewissen Zukunft entgegen - begleitet von einem Ensemble antiker Persönlichkeiten. Geht es in »Medea« um den grausamen Rachefeldzug einer von ihrem Mann zurückgelassenen Frau, feiert der Gott Dionysos in »Die Bakchen« eine zerstörerische Orgie aus Euphorie und Untergang. Seine Rezeption zu Lebzeiten ist zweigeteilt: Von den einen wird er für seine Modernität gefeiert, anderen dient er als Zielscheibe des Spotts wie etwa in Aristophanes' »Die Frösche«.

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