Bacchae
Autor Euripides Stephen Espositoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 1998
An English translation of Euripides' tragedy based on the mythological story of King Pentheus of Thebes and his fateful encounter with the god DIonysus. Includes an introductory essay, extensive notes, appendices on lacuna, a geneological chart of the gods, and an essay by Valerie M. Warrior: "The Roman Bid to Control Bacchic Worship". The Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture and the roots of contemprary thought.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780941051422
ISBN-10: 0941051420
Pagini: 134
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: Hackett Publishing Company,Inc
Colecția Focus
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0941051420
Pagini: 134
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: Hackett Publishing Company,Inc
Colecția Focus
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
Esposito's Bacchae is an excellent brief guide to the difficulties and complexities of this controversial play, and it will be welcomed by students and teachers alike… The translation itself is clear, strong and highly readable.
--Charles Segal, Harvard University
English translation with introductory material, notes, glossary and essay by Stephen Esposito. Also available: an extensive online companion to the Bacchae, with additional notes and resources.
Notă biografică
Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE) wrote some ninety plays, nineteen of which have survived. William Arrowsmith (1924–92) was an American classicist, academic, and translator. Among his translations are works by Petronius, Aristophanes, and Euripides. Glenn W. Most is a visiting member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and an external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Mark Griffith is the Klio Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classical Languages and Literature and professor of classics and of theater, dance, and performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley.