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Euripides: Heracles (Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Paperback, First published in the United Kingdom in 1996. Reprinted in 2015 with updated General Bibliography.)
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Euripides: Heracles (Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Paperback, First published in the United Kingdom in 1996. Reprinted in 2015 with updated General Bibliography.)
Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
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In this often neglected play, Euripides explores the contrast
between myth and reality by portraying the story of Heracles'
murder of his wife and children. In treating this act the dramatist
explores the boundaries of madness and Heracles' painful emergence
from this state to a bitter realisation of what he has done. A
further contrast is drawn between the callous gods who cause the
madness and the caring and loving support of human friends and
remaining family (Theseus and Amphitryon). This edition attempts to
bring out the human and psychological qualities in the play and to
defend its structure and dramatic power, arguing that it is neither
"a grotesque abortion" (Swinburne) nor "broken-backed" (Murray) but
a coherent and exciting work. Greek text with facing-page English
translation, introduction and commentary.
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