Great Books of the Western World 4: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes

by Aeschylus

Hardcover, 1996

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882.082

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Great Books, Britannica, Greek literature, drama, comedy, tragedy

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Britannica (1996), Hardcover, 905 pages

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LibraryThing member rylltraka
The texts themselves are priceless, but the translations in this volume are seriously dated and often obscure the meaning of the Greek - especially worthy of disdain are the Aristophanes translations by Rogers, who transposes bawdy Greek comedy into impenetrable and euphemistic (or censored)
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 Victorian rhyming verse.
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Language

English

Original language

Greek (Ancient)

Local notes

AESCHYLUS: Suppliant Maidens. Persians. Seven Against Thebes. Prometheus Bound. Agamemnon. Libation Bearers. Eumedides. SOPHOCLES: Oedipus the King. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. Ajax. Electra. Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. EURIPDES: Rhesus. Medea. Hippolytus. Alcestis. Heracleidae. Suppliant Women. Trojan Women. Ion. Helen. Andromache. Electra. Bacchae. Hecuba. Heracles. Phoenician Women. Orestes. Iphigenia in Tauris. Iphigenia in Aulis. Cyclops. ARISTOPHANES: Acharnians. Knights. Clouds. Wasps. Peace. Birds. Frogs. Lysistrata. Poet and the Women. Assemblywomen. Wealth

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