03555nam a22003137a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003000069020002700099040001300126041000800139050002300147245019600170260005600366300002500422504005100447505095500498520135501453600006702808600007002875600007002945650001803015650002103033700002603054700005603080700006003136700004503196BJBSDDR20260603114721.0ta260508s2025 ilu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9780226844695 (paperback) a0226844692 (paperback) bengcDLC aeng14aPA 3626bG793 202504aThe Greek tragedies :bseventeen plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, & Euripides / cedited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore ; with introductions and notes by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most. aChicago : bThe University of Chicago Press, c2025 a1131 pages ; c22 cm aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aHow the Plays Were Originally Staged I. Aeschylus Introduction to Aeschylus The Persians, Translated by Seth Benardete Prometheus Bound, Translated by David Grene The Oresteia Agamemnon, Translated by Richmond Lattimore The Libation Bearers, Translated by Richmond Lattimore The Eumenides, Translated by Richmond Lattimore II. Sophocles Introduction to Sophocles The Theban Plays Antigone, Translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff Oedipus the King, Translated by David Grene Oedipus at Colonus, Translated by Robert Fitzgerald Electra, Translated by David Grene III. Euripides Introduction to Euripides Alcestis, Translated by Richmond Lattimore Medea, Translated by Oliver Taplin Hippolytus, Translated by David Grene Hecuba, Translated by William Arrowsmith Electra, Translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule The Trojan Women, Translated by Richmond Lattimore Iphigenia among the Taurians, Translated by Anne Carson The Bacchae, Translated by William Arrowsmith aChicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume. Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond Lattimore's collections of the complete Greek tragedies, expertly updated by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most, this collection brings together seventeen of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece. Combining accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation, the masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides have been rendered so compellingly in English that they remain the definitive translations. Each text has been carefully updated to bring it even closer to the ancient Greek original while retaining the vibrancy for which Chicago's versions are famous. Alongside the plays, this edition includes an introduction to the life and work of each tragedian; an introduction to each play offering essential information about its first production, plot, and reception through the centuries; and notes addressing textual uncertainties. Featuring lively translations by eminent classicists and authors including Anne Carson, Robert Fitzgerald, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore, Oliver Taplin, Emily Townsend Vermeule, and Elizabeth Wyckoff, this is an indispensable anthology for any reader of the foundational works of Western drama, art, and life04aEsquilo, d525?-456? a. de J. C xCrítica e interpretación04aSófocles, d496?-406? a. de J. C xCrítica e interpretación04aEurípides, d480-406 a. de J. C xCrítica e interpretación  4aDrama griego  4aTragedia griega 1 aGrene, Davideeditor 1 aLattimore, Richmond Alexander, d1906-1984eeditor 1 aGriffith, Mark c(Classicist) ewriter of introduction 1 aMost, Glenn W. ewriter of introduction