Orestes and Other Plays
IonOrestesThe Phoenician WomenThe Suppliant WomenIn these four plays Euripides explores ethical and political themes,contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism and expediency with justice, and the idea that 'might is right' with the ideal of clemency.Ion is a vivid portrait of the role of chance in human life and an exploration of family relationships, which combines a sympathetic portrait of a rape victim with remarks on Athenian xenophobia. In Orestes, the most popular of the tragedian's plays in the ancient world, Euripides explores the emotional consequences of Orestes' murder of his mother on the individuals co…
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Weitere Autoren: Waterfield, Robin (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-264974-4
- EAN: 9780192649744
- Produktnummer: 34855448
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 287 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 85'331 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 map
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Robin Waterfield is the acclaimed translator of Plato's Republic in OWC, and other classical works including two volumes of Plutarch's Lives and Herodotus' Histories. He is the author of a biography of Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1998)
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