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Euripides: Hippolytus
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Focus Item #: 51862
Author(s): Michael Halleran
ISBN: 978-0-941051-86-6
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Description
No play of Euripides is more admired than Hippolytus. The tale of
a married woman stirred to passion for a younger man was traditional, but
Euripides modified this story and blended it with one of divine vengeance to
create a masterpiece of tension, pathos, and dramatic power. In this play,
Phaedra fights nobly but unsuccessfully against her desire for her stepson
Hippolytus, while the young man risks his life to keep her passion secret. Both
of them, constrained by the overwhelming force of divine power and human
ignorance, choose to die in order to maintain their virtue and their good
names.
Features
English translation. This is a new and readable
translation of one of Euripides' important plays. As with all Focus Classical
Library titles, it has been designed with the student of Ancient Drama in mind,
with a modern translation close to the original, informed by the latest
scholarship, with an extensive introduction, interpretive essay, and footnotes,
all to the purpose of allowing the student to understand Greek drama, Greek
mythology, and the context of Greek culture. Preface, introduction, play in
English, interpretative essay, suggestions for further readings.
About the
Author
Michael
Halleran is currently the Divisional Dean for
Arts & Humanities at
University
of
Washington, where he
is also a Professor of Classics.
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