{"product_id":"six-greek-tragedies-persians-prometheus-bound-women-of-trachis-philoctetes-trojan-women-bacchae-9780413772565","title":"Six Greek Tragedies: Persians; Prometheus Bound; Women of Trachis; Philoctetes; Trojan Women; Bacchae","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single-volume edition of the major Greek tragedies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a period of sixty-six years, three Athenian playwrights produced a series of tragedies which became a touchstone for drama for the next two and a half thousand years. The six plays in this volume include Aeschylus' Persians (472 BC), the earliest surviving Greek tragedy and only surviving 'history' play; his Prometheus Bound, perhaps the most deeply mythological of all tragedies, presenting an archetype of the human condition; Sophocles' Women of Trachis, a deeply poignant piece, portraying Heracles' death through his wife's mistake; his strange Philoctetes, which presents a fascinating moral debate and a young man's realisation of the importance of loyalty to his own ideals; Euripides' Trojan Women, the greatest anti-war play ever written; and his intangible Bacchae, a play full of paradoxes which functions at many different levels.The volume is edited and introduced by Marianne McDonald, Professor of Theatre and Classics, University of California, San Diego, and J. Michael Walton, Professor of Drama at the University of Hull.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Michael Walton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413772565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcLeish, Kenneth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth McLeish\u003c\/b\u003e studied Classics and Music at Worcester College, Oxford. Once a full-time translator, author and dramatist, he published extensively including \u003ci\u003eThe Good Reading Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's People, The Theatre of Aristophanes, Companion to the Arts in the Twentieth Century, Myth, The Listener's Guide to Classical Music and Crucial Classics\u003c\/i\u003e (both with Valerie McLeish) and \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (as general editor).\u003cbr\u003eHis original plays and his translations - from ancient Greek drama, as well as from Strindberg, Ibsen Moliere and Strindberg - have been widely performed, most notably by the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40670144594035,"sku":"9.78041E+12","price":42.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4c14de46-0584-44e7-9f08-b04550a68107.jpg?v=1673968601","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/six-greek-tragedies-persians-prometheus-bound-women-of-trachis-philoctetes-trojan-women-bacchae-9780413772565","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}