Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae (The Complete Greek Tragedies)

by Euripides

Other authorsDavid Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor), William Arrowsmith (Translator), Emily Townsend Vermeule (Translator), Elizabeth Wyckoff (Translator)

Paperback, 1968

Status

Available

Call number

FIC A1 Eur

Publication

University of Chicago Press

Pages

227

Description

In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.

Collection

Fiction

Barcode

3932

Language

English

Original language

Greek (Ancient)

Original publication date

408-413 BCE

Physical description

227 p.; 8 inches

ISBN

0226307840 / 9780226307848

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User reviews

LibraryThing member selfcallednowhere

Ok, I just read The Bacchae, and it's definitely the most messed-up thing I've had to read for school in awhile. So um, check it out if you're up for craziness.

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LibraryThing member stephencbird

After reading the introduction to this series, I expected something much more fractured than what I encountered on the page; however, I found Euripides' style in this work to be very coherent. After reading Aeschylus, I noticed the aesthetic jump that Euripides had taken via the psychological

subtext inherent in his characters. Whereas reading Aeschylus felt flat (although I enjoyed "Agamemnon"); there was too much exposition in Aeschylus; too much that did not expedite the forward motion of his plays. Whereas with Euripides, one is transported directly into the action that is happening in the present moment of the play, by means of the narrative, as well as the dialogue. Also noteworthy is Euripides' technique of having the characters exchange one-liners in dialogue. Although I immediately connected to all of the dramas in this edition, "The Bacchae" is a standout. It's a dark, crazy, absurd and even funny play; the highlight being the "Celebrity Death Match" between Pentheus and Dionysus. As grim as scenario of "The Bacchae" is, it often reads like a comedy (the scene with Pentheus "in drag" after having been hypnotized by Dionysus is hysterical). Euripides was ahead of his time, avant-garde; therefore of the great and / or known Greek playwrights, he was the one who garnered the fewest prizes. I'm looking forward to reading "Hippolytus" in Euripides I of this series.

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