Hecuba. Edited by L. Battezzato. - Euripides
Hecuba
KORTE INHOUD
Hecuba was the most widely read play of Euripides from antiquity to the Renaissance, appealing to readers and spectators for its controversial treatment of moral themes: revenge, war and slavery, violence, human sacrifice, gender and ethnic relations. It narrates the death of Hecuba's daughter Polyxena, sacrificed by the Greeks to placate the ghost of Achilles, and that of her son Polydorus, killed out of greed by the Thracian king who was supposed to protect him. Hecuba successfully plots a cruel and shocking revenge against the killer. The play is now at the centre of the attention of scholars and performing artists. This edition offers new textual and interpretive suggestions, and provides detailed guidance on problems of language as well as employing conceptual tools from contemporary linguistics. It will be useful for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, as well as of interest to scholars. (Publisher's information).
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2018Uitgever: Cambridge University Press298 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521138647ISBN-13: 9780521138642Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge (...), 2018. IX,287p. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: EURIPIDES,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: Hecuba. Edited by L. Battezzato.]
