Euripides, 1: Medea, Hecuba, Andromache, The Bacchae
- ISBN-10
- 0812216261
- ISBN-13
- 9780812216264
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- Euripides
Description
"Here Euripides stands, in vigorous English versions that fully do him justice. The most modern of the Greek tragedians has found a compelling modern form."--Robert Fagles
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