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Greek drama / edited by Moses Hadas

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Bantam Books, c1965Description: 378 pages ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780553212211
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • FIC .G74 1965
Contents:
1. Aeschylus -- 2. Sophocles -- 3. Euripides -- 4. Aristophanes.
Summary: In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction explores the religious origins, modes of productions, structure, and conventions of the Greek theater, individual prefaces illuminate each play and clarify the author's place in the continuity of Greek drama.
Item type: Books - Fiction
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1. Aeschylus -- 2. Sophocles -- 3. Euripides -- 4. Aristophanes.

In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction explores the religious origins, modes of productions, structure, and conventions of the Greek theater, individual prefaces illuminate each play and clarify the author's place in the continuity of Greek drama.

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