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The Trojan Women and Other Plays (Paperback)
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The Trojan Women and Other Plays (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the
three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba, and Andromache, in
which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted.
With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the
most tragic of poets--describes the horrific brutality that both
women and children undergo during war. Yet, in the war's aftermath,
this brutality is challenged and a new battleground is revealed
where the women of Troy evince an overwhelming greatness of
spirit.
We weep for the aged Hecuba in her name play and in Trojan Women,
while at the same time we admire her resilience amid unrelieved
suffering. Andromache, the slave-concubine of her husband's killer,
endures her existence in the victor's country with a stoic
nobility. Of their time yet timeless, these plays insist on the
victory of the female spirit amid the horrors visited on them by
the gods and men during war.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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