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The Greek tragedies : seventeen plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

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  • Monograph

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  • Euripides--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
  • Sophocles--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
  • Greek drama (Tragedy) (LCSH)
  • Aeschylus--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)

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"Chicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume. Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond Lattimore's collections of the complete Greek tragedies, expertly updated by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most, this collection brings together seventeen of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece. Combining accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation, the masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides have been rendered so compellingly in English that they remain the definitive translations. Each text has been carefully updated to bring it even closer to the ancient Greek original while retaining the vibrancy for which Chicago's versions are famous. Alongside the plays, this edition includes an introduction to the life and work of each tragedian; an introduction to each play offering essential information about its first production, plot, and reception through the centuries; and notes addressing textual uncertainties. Featuring lively translations by eminent classicists and authors including Anne Carson, Robert Fitzgerald, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore, Oliver Taplin, Emily Townsend Vermeule, and Elizabeth Wyckoff, this is an indispensable anthology for any reader of the foundational works of Western drama, art, and life"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

How the Plays Were Originally Staged -- I. Aeschylus -- Introduction to Aeschylus -- The Persians, Translated by Seth Benardete -- Prometheus Bound, Translated by David Grene -- The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Translated by Richmond Lattimore -- The Libation Bearers, Translated by Richmond Lattimore -- The Eumenides, Translated by Richmond Lattimore -- II. Sophocles -- Introduction to Sophocles -- The Theban Plays -- Antigone, Translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff -- Oedipus the King, Translated by David Grene -- Oedipus at Colonus, Translated by Robert Fitzgerald -- Electra, Translated by David Grene -- III. Euripides -- Introduction to Euripides -- Alcestis, Translated by Richmond Lattimore -- Medea, Translated by Oliver Taplin -- Hippolytus, Translated by David Grene -- Hecuba, Translated by William Arrowsmith -- Electra, Translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule -- The Trojan Women, Translated by Richmond Lattimore -- Iphigenia among the Taurians, Translated by Anne Carson -- The Bacchae, Translated by William Arrowsmith.

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The Greek tragedies : seventeen plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:17:08.838503+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 24125141

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
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  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
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