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Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals.
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Paperback, 363 pages
Published December 1st 2009 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published December 1st 1912)
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Alex
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I just read Hipploytos in preparation for Racine's Phedre, which is based on it. It was terrific though. I had sortof forgotten how psychologically complex the Greek playwrights were.
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Plays of Euripides: A Guide to Understanding the Classics (Paperback)
The Greek Classics: Euripides - Nineteen Plays (Paperback)
Euripide: Théâtre Complet (Hardcover)
Tragedias (Paperback)
The Dramas Of Euripides: Complete Surviving Works, 19 Plays (Forgotten Books)

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