Medea and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Euripides 著
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 2003-05
• ISBN 9780140449297
• 定价 88.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

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【作者简介】

Euripides,theyoungestofthethreegreatAthenianplaywrights,wasbornaround485BCofafamilyofgoodstanding.Hefirstcompetedinthedramaticfestivalsin455BC,comingonlythird;hisrecordofsuccessinthetragiccompetitionsislowerthanthatofeitherAeschylusorSophocles.Thereisatraditionthathewasunpopular,evenarecluse;wearetoldthathecomposedpoetryinacavebythesea,nearSalamis.Whatisclearfromcontemporaryevidence,however,isthataudienceswerefascinatedbyhisinnovativeandoftendisturbingdramas.Hisworkwascontroversialalreadyinhislifetime,andhehimselfwasregardedasa‘clever’poet,associatedwithphilosophersandotherintellectuals.TowardstheendofhislifehewenttoliveatthecourtofArchelaus,kingofMacedon.Itwasduringhistimetherethathewrotewhatmanyconsiderhisgreateswork,theBacchae.WhennewsofhisdeathreachedAthensinearly406BC,Sophoclesappearedpubliclyinmourningforhim.Euripidesisthoughttohavewrittenaboutninety-twoplays,ofwhichseventeentragediesandonesatyr-playknowntobehissurvive;theotherplaywhichisattributedtohim,theRhesus,mayinfactbebyalaterhand.
JohnDavieisheadofclassicsatSt.Paul'sSchoolinLondon.
RichardRutherfordistutorinGreekandLatinliteratureatChristChurch,Oxford.
RichardRutherfordistutorinGreekandLatinliteratureatChristChurch,Oxford.