The Complete Euripides: Volume IV: Bacchae and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)

Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae , translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles , translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization of the madness and exile of one of the most celebrated mythical figures; and The Phoenician Women , translated by Peter Burian and Brian Swamm, a disturbing interpretation of the fate of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus. These three tragedies were originally available as single volumes. This volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 14 HERAKLES 16 Introduction 18 On the Translation 40 Herakles 42 Notes 110 PHOENICIAN WOMEN 124 Introduction 126 Phoenician Women 140 Notes 204 BACCHAE [BAKKHAI] 214 Introduction 216 On the Translation 248 Bacchae [Bakkhai] 258 Notes 318 Appendix: Reconstruction of the Fragmentary Ending 354 GLOSSARY 362 A 362 B 364 C 365 D 365 E 366 F 367 G 368 H 368 I 369 J 370 K 370 L 371 M 372 N 373 O 373 P 374 R 375 S 375 T 376 Z 377 FOR FURTHER READING 378 "Collected here for the first time are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent dramatization of the madness and exile of one of the most celebrated mythical figures; and The Phoenician Women, translated by Peter Burian and Brian Swamm, a disturbing interpretation of the fate of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus. These three tragedies were originally available as single volumes. This volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers." --Book Jacket Phoenician women / translated by Peter Burian and Brian Swann Bacchae [Bakkhai] / translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal. Ion, The women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae.