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Aeschylus(Paperback)
Persians
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published:
25/01/2007
Aeschylus' "Persians" is the earliest extant Greek tragedy and sole surviving historical tragedy. Produced in 472 BC, the play tells the story of the defeat of the Persian king Xerxes in his attempt...
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Euripides(Paperback)
Hippolytus
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
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29/08/2002
"Hippolytus" is generally acknowledged to be one of Euripides' finest tragedies. Sophie Mills considers its themes in detail, setting the play in its mythological, cultural and historical contexts.
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Euripides(Paperback)
"Iphigenia at Aulis"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published:
09/03/2006
"Iphigenia at Aulis" is one of Euripides' most intriguing and challenging plays. This title provides a summary of the plot, discusses the characters and main themes of the play, examines its mytholo...
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Sophocles(Paperback)
"Ajax"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
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19/12/2003
Sophocles' "Ajax" is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. This book offers solutions by drawing together the lat...
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Seneca(Paperback)
"Phaedra"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
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24/10/2002
Phaedra is one of Seneca's most successful tragedies. This book introduces the reader to the complex dramatic and literary inheritance which Seneca appropriated and in his turn bequeathed, and he se...
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Euripides(Paperback)
"Herakles"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
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24/02/2006
Euripides' play "Herakles" presents a very different portrait of the eponymous hero from that of popular imagination. This text analyses the key themes and characters while situating the drama in th...
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Euripides(Paperback)
"Medea"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published:
31/10/2002
Euripides' "Medea" is one of the greatest and most influential Greek tragedies. This book outlines the development of the Medea myth before Euripides and explores his uniquely powerful version from ...
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Sophocles(Paperback)
"Women of Trachis"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
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27/08/2004
Sophocles' "Women of Trachis" tells the tragic tale of Herakles return home from his labours. This companion to the play provides the social and historical background and employs a number of critica...
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Seneca(Paperback)
"Thyestes"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published:
19/12/2003
Written in Nero's Rome in about AD62, "Thyestes" is one of the greatest and most influential of classical tragedies. Peter Davies explores the key aspects of the play including the circumstances of ...
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Sophocles(Paperback)
"Electra"
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published:
23/06/2005
The author discusses whether Orestes' vengeance on his mother for her murder of his father is a just and final act of violence in 'Electra', or whether Sophocles ironically implies that it is more p...
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