Euripidés Libros

Junto con Esquilo y Sófocles, los otros dos grandes trágicos de la Grecia clásica, EURÍPIDES (484-407 a.C.) contribuyó a elevar el género teatral hasta las más altas cimas de la perfección estética y a plantear los conflictos morales más permanentes y profundos de la condición humana. De las noventa y dos piezas atribuidas a su genio, sólo diecinueve han llegado hasta nosotros. Traducidas, presentadas y anotadas por Antonio Guzmán Guerra, las tres tragedias agrupadas en este volumen ­ALCESTIS, MEDEA, HIPÓLITO­ constituyen una adecuada muestra de su obra. Otras tragedias de Eurípides en esta colección: «Las Troyanas» (BT 8249), «Ifigenia en Áulide. Electra. Orestes» (BT 8251), «Andrómaca. Heracles loco. Las Bacantes» (BT 8260).

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world's most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King

At once a vigorous translation of one of Euripides' most subtle and witty plays, and a wholly fresh interpretation, this version reveals for the first time the extraordinary formal beauty and thematic concentration of the Alcestis. William Arrowsmith, eminent classical scholar, translator, and General Editor of this highly praised series, rejects the standard view of the Alcestis as a psychological study of the egotist Admetos and his naive but devoted wife. His translation, instead, presents the play as a drama of human existence-in keeping with the tradition of Greek tragedy-with recognizably human characters who also represent masked embodiments of human conditions. The Alcestis thus becomes a metaphysical tragicomedy in which Admetos, who has heretofore led a life without limitations, learns to "think mortal thoughts." He acquires the knowledge of limits-the acceptance of death as well as the duty to live-which, according to Euripides, makes people meaningfully human and capable of both courage and compassion. This new interpretation compellingly argues that, for Euripides, suffering humanizes, that exemption makes a man selfish and childish, and that only the courage to accept both life and death leads to the realization of one's humanity, and, in the case of Alcestis, to heroism.

Six wide ranging classic plays with introduction by the editorThe comedies of the Athenian theatre not only lie at the root of Western drama, they also offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Greece. This selection of six wide ranging plays includes the comic fantasies of Aristophanes, which combine the ridiculous with serious satirical comment (Birds, Frogs, Women in Power); Menander's The Woman from Samos, a recognisable forebear of today's situation comedy; Euripides ribald satyr play, Cyclops, the only surviving example of the genre, and his Alkestis, a complex romance which gave a new face to comedy.The volume is edited and introduced by J. Michael Walton, Professor of Drama at the University of Hull and founder/director of the Performance Translation Centre there.

Covers such plays as: Phoenician Women, Orestes, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, and the Rhesus.

The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life. In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy. For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the stage were not idealized: as Sophocles himself said, Euripides shows people not as they ought to be, but as they actually are.

Treating ancient plays as living drama. schovat popis

Washington Square Press Enriched Classics make great literature even more accessible to a new generation of readers, with expanded and updated reader's supplements and essential historical information. Oedipus the King is the 2,000-year-old masterpiece that raises basic questions about human behavior that are still vigorously debated by students and scholars. Photos and illustrations. (Poetry/Plays)

Exploring the tension between religious ecstasy and rationality, this work presents a compelling case for moderation. It critiques the extremes of pure reason and unbridled sensuality, emphasizing the importance of balance in human experience. The book is part of the Plays for Performance Series, highlighting its theatrical elements and relevance to contemporary discussions on spirituality and desire.