| #249907 in Books | Dutta, Shomit (EDT)/ Goldhill, Simon (INT) | 2009-05-26 | 2009-05-26 | Original language:Ancient Greek | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.80 x5.20l,.57 | File type: PDF | 352 pages | Penguin Books||19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent Intro to Greek Tragedy, Without Being Overwhelming|By Dogger Banks|I wanted to buy a book containing a representative sample of the three extant ancient Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripedes) as a gift. It was either this one or the Bantam collection edited by Moses Hadas - a mass market edition. I'd read the Bantam one, and it contains a number of th|About the Author|Aeschylus was born of a noble family near Athens in 525 BC. He took part in the Persian Wars and his epitaph, said to have been written by himself, represents him as fighting at Marathon. At some time in his life he appears to have been
Three masterpieces of classical tragedy
Containing Aeschylus's Agamemnon, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, and Euripides' Medea, this important new selection brings the best works of the great tragedians together in one perfect introductory volume. This volume also includes extracts from Aristophanes' comedy The Frogs and a selection from Aristotle's Poetics.
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