Alcestis
Synopsis
"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets.' It is doubtful whether one can call it a tragedy at all. Yet it remains one of the most characteristic and delightful of Euripidean dramas, as well as, by modern standards, the most easily actable. And I notice that many judges who display nothing but a fierce satisfaction in sending other plays of that author to the block or the treadmill, show a certain human weakness in sentencing the gentle daughter of Pelias." So begins the introduction to the Alcestis by Euripides.
- Copyright:
- 2012 Start Publishing LLC
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781625587497
- Publisher:
- Start Publishing LLC
- Date of Addition:
- 2016-07-10T17:01:03Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.