Alcestis, Heracles, children of Heracles, Cyclops
著者
書誌事項
Alcestis, Heracles, children of Heracles, Cyclops
（Oxford world's classics）
Oxford University Press, 2003
- タイトル別名
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Heracles and other plays
大学図書館所蔵 全5件
注記
"First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 2003"--T.p. verso
収録内容
- Alcestis
- Heracles
- Children of Heracles
- Cyclops
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * Cyclops
Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick humour that characterized the genre.
There is death in Alcestis, which explores the marital relationship of Alcestis and Admetus with pathos and grim humour, but whose status as tragedy is subverted by a happy ending. The blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering; its demand for a more humanistic ethics in the face of divine indifference and callousness makes it one of Euripides' more popular and profound plays. Children of Heracles is a rich and complex work, famous
for its dialogues and monologues, in which the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them are movingly explored. In Cyclops Euripides takes the familiar story of Odysseus' escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus and turns it to hilarious comic effect.
Euripides' other plays are all available in Oxford World's Classics.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
目次
- Alcestis
- Heracles
- Children of Heracles
- Cyclops
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