Orestes

Orestes

by Euripides

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If not the profoundest of Greek tragedies, "Orestes" is certainly one of the most exuberant and entertaining. Euripides stands traditional legend on its head to forge a melodrama full of varied action, emotion, and novel theatrical effects, with a succession of crises crowned by a spectacular happy ending. Produced in 400 B.C., the play marks the culmination of Euripides' development, and in antiquity it surpassed all other tragedies in popular. No study of Greek drama should neglect it. For th…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Orestes / Euripides ; edited with translation and commentary by M.L. West.

Summary

If not the profoundest of Greek tragedies, "Orestes" is certainly one of the most exuberant and entertaining. Euripides stands traditional legend on its head to forge a melodrama full of varied action, emotion, and novel theatrical effects, with a succession of crises crowned by a spectacular happy ending. Produced in 400 B.C., the play marks the culmination of Euripides' development, and in antiquity it surpassed all other tragedies in popular. No study of Greek drama should neglect it. For this volume, Professor West has prepared a new edition of the Greek text with a selective apparatus. -- From publisher's description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1987.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Aris & Phillips
  • Place of Publication:Warminster, Wiltshire, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©1987.

Notes

Second series statement from jacket.

The Physical Object

  • Description:ix, 297 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0856683108, 9780856683107, 0856683116, 9780856683114
  • oclc:ocm18488174
  • LC Classification:PA3975
  • Dewey Decimal:882/.01

Table of Contents

Introduction to "Orestes" -- Bibliography to "Orestes" -- Sigia -- Text and translation -- Commentary.

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Subjects

Drama Drama in Greek, to ca 500 - Greek-Engli… Orestes,, King of Argos (Mythological c… Poesia dramatica grega Teatro grego Tragèdia grega tragedies Tragedies (Drama)

Writers

Euripides Euripides West, M. L., (Martin Litchfield)

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