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…
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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. The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) ()
By: Aristophanes
3.67
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender i… read more
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4. Helen
By: Euripides , Colin Leach
3.80
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. … read more
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"It is right for women to stand by a woman's cause."-Euripides, Helen
"What mortal claims, by searching to the utmost limit, to have found out the nature of God, or of his opposite, or of that which comes between, seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro by…"-Euripides, Helen
5. 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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6. Peace
By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson
3.51
Format: 404 pages, hardback
Aristophanes' Peace was performed at the City Dionysia in Athens in 421 B.C. as a decade-long war w… read more
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"If it is necessary for us to do anything [in view of peace], direct us and architect. πρὸς τάδ’ ἡμῖν, εἴ τι χρὴ δρᾶν, φράζε κἀρχιτεκτόνει."-Aristophanes, Peace
7. 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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8. 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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9. Iphigeneia in Tauris
By: Richmond Lattimore , Euripides
4.03
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
The modern reader may have difficulty conceiving of Iphigeneia in Tauris as tragedy, for the term i… read more
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10. 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
11. The Acharnians
By: Aristophanes , Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva , None , Richard Thomas Elliott
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
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12. 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)
13. 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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14. 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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16. Electra
By: Sophocles , J. Michael Walton , None
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth. read more
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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. The Children of Herakles
By: Euripides , Henry S. Taylor , Robert A. Brooks
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
One of the shortest plays in Greek drama, The Children of Herakles offers enough action for two or … read more
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22. Clouds
By: Aristophanes , None
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more
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23. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more
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24. Alcestis
By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more
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25. Iphigenia in Aulis
By: Euripides , Nicholas Rudall
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Troj… read more
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26. Suppliant Women
By: Euripides , Rosanna Warren , None
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
This translation shows the striking interplay of voices in Euripides' 'Suppliant Women'. Torn betwe… read more
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27. 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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28. Andromache
By: Euripides , Marianne McDonald , F. Michael Walton , None
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Andromache takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Ach… read more
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29. Theogony/Works and Days
By: Hesiod , None
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European litera… read more
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30. Birds
By: Aristophanes , None
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is… read more
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31. 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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