Euripides: The Children of Heracles (Hardcover )

Euripides: The Children of Heracles Book Description

This volume provides a thorough philological and dramatic commentary on Euripides' Phoenissae, the first detailed commentary in English since 1911. An introduction surveys the play, its possible date, features of the original production, the background of Theban myth, the general problem of interpolation, and the textual tradition. The commentary treats the constitution of the text, noteworthy features of diction and style, dramatic technique and structure, and the controversies over possible later additions to the text.

About the Author :

Euripides has contributed to Euripides: The Children of Heracles as an author. Euripides, the youngest of the three great Athenian playwrights, is thought to have written about ninety-two plays, of which seventeen tragedies and one satyr-play have survived.

William Allan has contributed to Euripides: The Children of Heracles as a translator. William Allan is Assistant Professor of Classics at Harvard University.

William Allan has contributed to Euripides: The Children of Heracles as a content introducer. William Allan is Assistant Professor of Classics at Harvard University.

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