Medea and Other Plays - Penguin Classics

Medea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe 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

ISBN:	9780140441291
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Published date:	05 Aug 2004
DEWEY:	882.01
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	208
Weight:	158g
Height:	198mm
Width:	126mm
Spine width:	12mm

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