Euripides

by Isabelle C Torrance

Book Overview

Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides are often described as the greatest tragedians of the ancient world. Of these three pivotal founders of modern drama, Euripides is characterized as the interloper and the innovator: the man who put tragic verse into the mouths of slaves, women and the socially inferior in order to address vital social issues such as sex, class and gender relations. It is perhaps little wonder that his work should find such resonance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848856687
• ISBN13: 9781848856684
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"