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by Peter Burian (Editor), Alan Shapiro (Editor)
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in
order to evoke the poetry of the originals. The tragedies collected here were originally available as single volumes. This new collection retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions, with Greek line numbers and a single combined glossary added for easy
reference.
thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destiny.
Author Biography
Peter Burian is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literatures and Theater Studies, Duke University
Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: December 07, 2010
