Hecuba - Couverture souple

Euripides

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ISBN 10 : 161720854X ISBN 13 : 9781617208546

Editeur : SMK Books, 2013

Synopsis

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced drama down to modern times, especially in the representation of traditional, mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This new approach led him to pioneer developments that later writers adapted to comedy, some of which are characteristic of romance.

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Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles, and remains one of the central figures in the history of Western drama. Writing in the fifth century BCE, he brought unusual psychological intensity, moral complexity, and argumentative force to Greek tragedy. His plays often place women, captives, outsiders, and the defeated at the centre of dramatic attention, challenging heroic assumptions and exposing the human cost of war, ambition, divine conflict, and social power.Among Euripides' surviving works are Medea, Hippolytus, The Bacchae, Electra, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia in Aulis, Alcestis, and Hecuba. His tragedies are especially important for their treatment of myth as a field of moral conflict rather than simple heroic celebration. Euripides influenced later Greek and Roman drama, Renaissance tragedy, modern theatre, and literary treatments of myth, revenge, suffering, and political violence. His work remains essential for readers of ancient Greek literature, classical drama, mythology, tragedy, and the development of dramatic character in world literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SMK Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 161720854X
• ISBN 13: 9781617208546
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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