Euripides Plays: 4: Elektra; Orestes and Iphigeneia in Tauris

by Euripides and Kenneth McLeish

"Euripides, the Athenian playwright who dared to question the whims of wanton gods, has always been the most intriguing of the Greek tragedians. Now, with translations aimed at the stage rather than the page, his restless intellect strikes the chord

This volume contains some of Euripides' most famous works: Elektra, which reverses previous notions of 'heroic' behaviour; Orestes, in which almost all the characters are driven by base motives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413716309
• ISBN13: 9780413716309
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 7.0"