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Title:
The poetry of Greek tragedy / by Richmond Lattimore.
Author:
Lattimore, Richmond, 1906-1984.
Publication Information:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Call Number:
PA3545 .L38 2003
Abstract:
"Is Sophocles the poet "more important" than Sophocles the moralist, Sophocles the student of character, or Sophocles the storyteller? In this acclaimed work, eminent classicist Richmond Lattimore examines the complex and varied ways in which Greek poetry contributes to Greek drama. While acknowledging the difficulty of separating poetry - especially in translation - from other aspects of language, Lattimore offers keen insight into plays by Aeschylus (The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, Prometheus Bound), Sophocles (Ajax, Oedipus Tyrannus), and Euripedes (Medea, Helen, The Bacchae)."--Jacket.
Edition:
Johns Hopkins pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780801872600
Physical Description:
157 pages ; 22 cm.
General Note:
"Six lectures ... given at The Johns Hopkins University in January, 1957, on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Lectureship of Poetry"--Page v.
Contents:
Ch. I. The Suppliant Maidens / Aeschylus -- Ch. II. The Persians / Aeschylus -- The Seven against Thebes / Aeschylus -- Prometheus Bound / Aeschylus -- Ch. III. Ajax / Sophocles -- Ch. IV. Oedipus Tyrannus / Sophocles -- Ch. V. Medea / Euripides -- Helen / Euripides -- Ch. VI. The Bacchae / Euripides.
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