Aischylos Sofokles en Euripides de drie grote Griekse tragedieschrijvers hebben elk geschreven over de gruwelijke gebeurtenissen in het gezin van koning Agememnon van Mykene. In totaal zijn er acht toneelstukken aan gewijd. niet minder dan een kwart van alle bewaard... Lees meer.

Iphigenia among the Taurians Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesus The four plays newly translated in this volume are among Euripides most exciting works. Iphigenia among the Taurians is a story of escape and contrasting Greek and barbarian civilization set on the Black S... Lees meer.

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama featuring all-new highly accessible translations of some of the world s most beloved plays including Agamemnon Prometheus Bound Bacchae Electra Medea Antigone and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by... Lees meer.

De spannende tragedie over de woedende Medea die als wraak op haar overspelige man besluit haar twee kinderen te doden is nu te lezen in de moderne ritmische prozavertaling van de hand van mr.drs.G.W.J.Janssen.... Lees meer.

An accessible prose translation that is accompanied by a general introduction and individual prefaces to each play. Alcestis Medea The Children of Heracles Hippolytus One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen Robert FaglesThis selection of plays s... Lees meer.

Medea na vierentwintig eeuwen nog jaarlijks opgevoerd is het echtscheidingsdrama in zijn extreme vorm. De vrouw vermoordt na alle vergeefse redeneringen om de man te straffen die haar verlaat de kinderen van wie ze houdt.Bakchanten is een gruwelijke botsing van ra... Lees meer.

In de reeks Ambo Klassiek. Fraai in linnen gebonden met leeslint.... Lees meer.

Features four tragedies all of which focus on a central character once powerful brought down by betrayal jealousy guilt and hatred. Medea Hecabe Electra HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal jealousy guilt and... Lees meer.

Hecuba The Trojan Women Andromache In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy s survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled inte... Lees meer.

Now in paperback.Euripides the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. Euripides the classicist Bernard Knox... Lees meer.

Covers such plays as. Phoenician Women Orestes Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis and the Rhesus . Through their sheer range daring innovation flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since... Lees meer.

Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus s Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles Oedipus Rex the king sets out to uncover the cause of the plague that has... Lees meer.

The most tragic of the poets Aristotle Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians and his plays are marked by an independence of thought ingenious dramatic devices and a subtle variety of register and mood. He is also remarkable... Lees meer.

Thebe weigert Bakchos Dionysos de god van de vervoering te erkennen Die komt als priester van zijn eigen eredienst zijn goddelijkheid bewijzen. Hij slaat alle vrouwen van de stad met waanzin en drijft hen als extatische bakchanten de bergen in.Koning Pentheus wil de... Lees meer.

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