EURIPIDES; TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT,.
Euripides: Medea, Hippolytus, and The Bacchae.
New York: The Heritage Press , 1963.
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"He who believes needs no explanation": The Heritage Press Edition of Euripides' plays: Medea, Hippolytus, and The Bacchae; translated by Philip Vellacott
The Heritage Press edition of Euripides’ three most famous tragedies. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. In near fine condition. Translated by influential British translator Philip Vellacott. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.
Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, renowned for his innovative approach to myth and his psychologically nuanced characters. In Medea, Euripides presents a radical portrait of a woman driven to vengeance that challenges contemporary notions of gender and justice, while Hippolytus dramatizes the destructive consequences of sexual repression and misunderstanding between mortals and gods. The Bacchae, one of Euripides’ final and most enigmatic plays, examines the conflict between reason and instinct through the figure of Dionysus and his devastating punishment of Thebes. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full.
Euripides: Medea, Hippolytus, and The Bacchae.
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