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Item Details
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EURIPIDES: HECUBA
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| By: |
Christopher Collard |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0856682365 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780856682360 |
| Publisher: |
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 1991 |
| Series: |
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts |
| Pages: |
226 |
| Language: |
Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Greek, Ancient (to 1453) |
| Description: |
Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her daughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl dies proudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation. |
| Synopsis: |
Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuadeOdysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing herdaughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl diesproudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation. ThenHecuba learns of her sons' treacherous murder by a former ally;out of her terrible loss comes determination for revenge, whichshe claims as a right but how just is her horrific cruelty? Howcredible against her earlier characterisation? The play hasstriking effects: the ghost of the murdered son, and his murderersubsequently blinded; poignant lyricism; vivid narratives; aboveall, a careful pattern of scenes demonstrating the equivocalpower of 'Persuasion, man's only sovereign' (v.816). Hecuba isboth a study of resilience and weakness, and a typicallyEuripidean comment on the uncertain, even collapsing, values ofhis time. Text with facing translation, commentary and notes. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Aris & Phillips Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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