The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 3: Euripides (Hardcover)

by Euripides (Author), David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor)

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The Grene and Lattimore edition of the Greek tragedies has been among the most widely acclaimed and successful publications of the University of Chicago Press. On the occasion of the Centennial of the University of Chicago and its Press, we take pleasure in reissuing this complete work in a handsome four-volume slipcased edition as well as in redesigned versions of the familiar paperbacks.

For the Centennial Edition two of the original translations have been replaced. In the original publication David Grene translated only one of the three Theban plays, Oedipus the King. Now he has added his own translations of the remaining two, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, thus bringing a new unity of tone and style to this group. Grene has also revised his earlier translation of Prometheus Bound and rendered some of the former prose sections in verse. These new translations replace the originals included in the paperback volumes Sophocles I (which contains all three Theban plays), Aeschylus II, Greek Tragedies, Volume I, and Greek Tragedies, Volume III, all of which are now being published in second editions.

All other volumes contain the translations of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides for the most part from the original versions first published in the 1940s and 1950s. These translations have been the choice of generations of teachers and students, selling in the past forty years over three million copies.

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• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (August 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226307662
• ISBN-13: 978-0226307664
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Antigone!, September 6, 1999

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This review is from: The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume 4: Euripides (Complete Greek Tragedies) (Hardcover)

This is a reply to another post. Do you really think that Euripedes is arguing that Antigone is right? Sure, her brother was dishonored and should have been buried, but doesn't she have a martyr complex? I think so because, she does everything so publicly then brags about it. She seems to want to speak out against authority more than do justice... This play does an excellent job proving that women can at least be as powerful and influential as men. Anyway, Antigone is Sophocles. This is Euripedes and Medea is better. Medea is very similar to Antigone...