Plays III

Euripides Plays: 3: Alkestis; Helen; Ion Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists seriesThe three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a moving 'romance' with death; it has parallels to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Helen, an alternative version of the tragic portrayal of the Trojan War, shows Helen 'relocated in a delightful comedy' (Observer) - as an innocent victim of her own beauty, hidden in Egypt by the gods while her image has been abducted by Paris. In Ion, a father who thought he was childless discovers his son, and a son who thought he was motherless finds his mother. Autor: Euripides Wydawnictwo: Bloomsbury Academic Rok wydania: 2005 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 208 Wymiary: 20.2 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780413716200