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Helen
By Euripides|Michie, James|Leach, Colin
Helen
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Authors:
Euripides|Michie, James|Leach, Colin
Copyright:
1992
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780195077100
ISBN10:
0195077105
Page Count:
128
Dimensions:
5.58x0.36x8.52
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Jacket Notes:
Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. Her surpassing beauty was said to have launched the Greek fleet of a thousand ships to Troy. No woman was so adored and so hated. She was seen as both prize and scapegoat, the promise of bliss and the assurance of doom.
Strand Notes
(Greek Tragedy in New Translations). Characterized as both a comedy and a tragedy, this drama centers on the myth of two Helens - a god-wrought phantom that was carried off by Paris to Troy, and the real, flesh-and-blood Helen, who was mysteriously sent to Egypt. Commentary on the text, full stage directions, glossary of the mythical & geographical references. 107p.
Description
Transcending the literal bounds of genre, Euripides' Helen has been characterized as both a comedy and a tragedy. In this evocative translation by James Michie and Colin Leach, Euripides' delicate balance--in all its subtlety of texture and tone--is beautifully captured. The reader encounters myriad reversals, worlds--real/ideal, tragic/comic--surprisingly juxtaposed and, as in any story of Helen, the pathos of the impossible, all allowing Euripides to comment of the futility of war and the difficult distinction between appearance and reality.
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