Medea and Other Plays Medea and Other Plays

Beschreibung des Verlags

Medea/Hecabe/Electra/Heracles

Four devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred

The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter's sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family.

Translated with an Introduction by PHILIP VELLACOTT

GENRE
Kultur und Unterhaltung
ERSCHIENEN
1973
26. Juli
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
208
Seiten
VERLAG
Penguin Books Ltd
GRÖSSE
6,3
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