Description
A translation and interpretation of one of Euripides' plays, this version reveals the formal beauty and thematic concentration of the Alcestis. The late William Arrowsmith presents the play as a drama of human existence with recognizably human characters who also represent masked embodiments of human conditions.
Author: Euripides, William Arrowsmith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/01/1990
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.41w x 0.29d
ISBN13: 9780195061666
ISBN10: 0195061667
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
Author: Euripides, William Arrowsmith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 02/01/1990
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.41w x 0.29d
ISBN13: 9780195061666
ISBN10: 0195061667
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
About the Author
William Arrowsmith, General Editor of this series, is University Professor and Professor of Classics at Boston University. A world-renowned translator, he has translated numerous works, including the Orestes, Bacchae, Cyclops, Heracles, and Hecuba of Euripides; the Birds and Clouds of Aristophanes; the Satyricon of Petronius; as well as works from Italian, French, and German. He was a founding editor of The Hudson Review and of Arion.
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