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  • Bacchae

    Serier serie Oberon Classics
    Mike Poulton's all-new version of this dark and liberating play, co-conceived with choreographer Mark Bruce and director Braham Murray. Think Hair meets Titus Andronicus ... Læs mere

    129,49 kr.

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  • The Oresteia

    Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides

    One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.In the Oresteia, Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit ... Læs mere

    76,49 kr.

  • Electra and Other Plays

    af Sophocles ...
    Oversat af David Raeburn ...
    Sophocles’ innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother’s lover. Aeschylus and Euripides also dramatized this story, but the objectivity and humanity of Sophocles’ version provides a new perspective. ... Læs mere

    77,41 kr.

  • Sophocles II

    Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers

    Serier serie The Complete Greek Tragedies
    Sophocles II contains the plays “Ajax,” translated by John Moore; “The Women of Trachis,” translated by Michael Jameson; “Electra,” translated by David Grene; “Philoctetes,” translated by David Grene; and “The Trackers,” translated by Mark Griffith.Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate ... Læs mere

    122,61 kr.

  • The Frogs

    Enriched edition.

    In "The Frogs," Aristophanes skillfully combines comedy and social critique to explore themes of art, politics, and the afterlife within the context of Athenian drama. This satirical play, structured as a journey to the underworld, showcases Aristophanes' hallmark use of clever wordplay, vivid characters, and biting humor. As the protagonist, Dionysus, embarks on a quest to retrieve the playwright ... Læs mere

    15,00 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Euripides:Volume I: Trojan Women and Other Plays

    Volume I: Trojan Women and Other Plays

    Redigeret af Peter Burian, Alan Shapiro ...
    Serier serie Greek Tragedy in New Translations
    Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. The tragedies collected here were originally available as single ... Læs mere

    80,10 kr.

  • This Restless House

    an adaptation of Aeschlyus' Oresteia

    af Zinnie Harris ...
    'Electrifying . . . This four-hour epic of ambition and power is a sinewy reworking of Aeschylus that explodes into a cacophonous climax.' GUARDIAN *****Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up ... Læs mere

    123,75 kr.

  • King Oedipus

    With linked Table of Contents

    af Sophocles ...
    Widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek tragedies, ‘King Oedipus’ (or ‘Oedipus Rex’) is the first play in the Oedipus trilogy (followed by ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ and then ‘Antigone’). After defeating the Sphinx and freeing the kingdom of Thebes from her curse, the flawed hero unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. ... Læs mere

    15,96 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Eunuchus: the Eunuch, a Comedy

    af Terence ...
    Classic Roman comedy play. With active table of contents. According to Wikipedia, "Restoration poet and playwright Sir Charles Sedley modelled his comedy Bellamira: or, The Mistress (1687) partly on this play. (161 BC) Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of familial misunderstanding....Publius Terentius Afer (195/185159 BC), better ... Læs mere

    7,94 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Theseus and the Minotaur

    af Brian Twiddy ...
    A short, funny play for children aged 7 - 11 years,including a craft activity relevant to the story.Theseus is sent to Crete to be sacrificed to the fearsome Minotaur. He is the greatest warrior in Greece. He always wins.But he hasn't yet met Ariadne, King Minos's beautiful daughter. When he does, will he meet his match? ... Læs mere

    Før 25,59 kr. Nu 22,39 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Looking at Lysistrata

    Eight Essays and a New Version of Aristophanes' Provocative Comedy

    In Aristophanes' Lysistrata, the women of Athens, fed up with the war against Sparta, go on a sex strike and barricade themselves into the acropolis to persuade their husbands to vote against the war. It is the most often performed of all Aristophanes' comedies. It is also, perhaps, the most misunderstood. This collection of essays by eight leading academics - written for sixth-form students and ... Læs mere

    259,37 kr.

  • Xanthippe

    The Light Behind the Sun

    af Kanu Bhatt ...
    Much aligned by early Christian historiographers and to a lesser extent ignored by modern thinkers of women’s liberation in her own unvarnished way, Xanthippe, the so-called shrewish wife of Socrates struggled single-handed to feed the family, though neglected by the Socrates who chose to be at the Agora or various symposia in search of beauty and truth!Socrates, falsely accused and condemned to ... Læs mere

    29,11 kr.