MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, THE BACCHAE
by EURIPIDES, TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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NEW YORK: THE HERITAGE PRESS, 1963 NICE LOOKING MAROON COLORED COVER. BLACK DESIGN WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT. EXCELLENT ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. VERY NICE INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP VELLACOTT. 20 PAGES. NOTES IN THE BACK. THESE ARE THREE TRAGEDYS. PLAYS. Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened. Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy. The Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by the Athenian playwright Euripides, during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. Euripides (c. 480 ¿ 406 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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- Antique Books Den (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001098
- Title
- MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, THE BACCHAE
- Author
- EURIPIDES, TRANSLATED BY PHILIP VELLACOTT
- Illustrator
- MICHAEL AYRTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- THE HERITAGE PRESS
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- TRAGEDYS, PLAYS
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- Fiction; Famous Authors; Art;
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