The Phoenician Women

By: Euripides .

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Paperback | 29 October 1992

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116 Pages

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Here, Peter Burian and Brian Swann recreate Euripides' The Phoenician Women, a play about the fateful history of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus, King of Thebes. Their lively translation of this controversial play reveals the cohesion and taut organization of a complex dramatic work. Through the use of dramatic, fast-paced poetry--almost cinematic it its rapidity of tempo and metaphorical vividness--Burian and Swann capture the original spirit of Euripides' drama about the deeply and disturbingly ironic convergence of free will and fate. Presented with a critical introduction, stage directions, a glossary of mythical Greek names and terms, and a commentary on difficult passages, this edition of The Phoenician Women makes a controversial tragedy accessible to the modern reader.

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"This translation is clear and conveys well the sense of the original Greek. The introduction and notes should enable the Greekless reader to gan some appreciation of the original context in which these dramas were produced."--Patricia P. Matsen, University of South Carolina "Well edited, priced right."--Edna L. Steeves, University of Rhode Island

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