Five Great Greek Tragedies

Five Great Greek Tragedies
ISBN-10
0486113884
ISBN-13
9780486113883
Category
Drama
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2015-02-03
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Authors
Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus

Description

Features Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young), Medea and Bacchae by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman), and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus (translated by George Thomson).

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