Frogs
By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop…
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1. Hippolytos
By: Euripides , Robert Bagg
3.81
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a w… read more
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"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience."-Euripides, Hippolytos
"I have pondered on the causes of a life's shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind's quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly.…"-Euripides, Hippolytos
"О Зевс! Зачем ты создавал жену? И это зло с его фальшивым блеском Лучам небес позволил обливать? Иль для того, чтоб род людской продолжить, Ты обойтись без женщины не мог? Иль из своих за медь и злат…"-Euripides, Hippolytos
2. Women of Trachis
By: C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson
3.84
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tra… read more
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3. Ion
By: Euripides
3.71
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Series Copy Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly … read more
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4. Electra
By: Euripides , Janet Lempke
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more
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5. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more
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6. The Bacchae
By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None
3.92
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more
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"Cleverness is not wisdom."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"He who believes needs no explanation."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"-Euripides, The Bacchae
7. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta
3.92
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more
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"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
8. Philoctetes
By: Sophocles
3.89
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more
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9. Orestes
By: Euripides , John Peck , Frank Nisetich
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more
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11. The Dyskolos
By: Menander , Carroll Moulton
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
With the discovery and translation of the Dyskolos("The Grouch"), Menander comes alive with subtle … read more
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12. The Trojan Women
By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more
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13. Frogs
By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more
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14. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more
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15. The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)
By: Aeschylus
3.80
Format: 43 pages, None
Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. Many years af… read more
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16. The Suppliants
By: Aeschylus
3.41
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto, And i… read more
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17. Prometheus Bound
By: Aeschylus , None , James Scully , C. John Herington
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Featuring an insightful introduction, comprehensive commentary on plot, characters, structure, and … read more
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18. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
19. Cyclops
By: Euripides , David Konstan , Heather McHugh
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create th… read more
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20. The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
By: Aeschylus
3.73
Format: 41 pages, Paperback
Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and h… read more
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"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best."-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
"Obedience is mother to success and is wedded to safety."-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
"But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor."-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
"Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!"-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)
21. Medea
By: Euripides , Rex Warner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more
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