The Bacchae and Other Plays - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140447261 ISBN 13: 9780140447262

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2025

Riassunto

Attraverso la loro vasta gamma, l'innovazione audace, i personaggi imperfetti ma eloquenti e le trame intriganti, le opere di Euripide hanno scioccato e stimolato il pubblico sin dal V secolo a.C. Le donne fenicie ritraggono i figli rivali del re Edipo e i falliti tentativi di riconciliazione della madre, mentre Oreste mostra un figlio devastato dal senso di colpa dopo l'omicidio vendicativo della madre. Nelle Baccanti, un re maltratta un nuovo arrivato nella sua terra, senza sapere che è il dio Dioniso travestito da mortale, mentre in Ifigenia in Aulide, i leader greci prendono l'orribile decisione di sacrificare una principessa per ottenere il favore degli dei nella loro missione a Troia. Infine, il Reso raffigura un mondo di spionaggio tra gli accampamenti greci e troiani in guerra.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Euripides, the youngest of the three great Athenian playwrights, was born around 485 BC of a family of good standing. He first competed in the dramatic festivals in 455 BC, coming only third; his record of success in the tragic competitions is lower than that of either Aeschylus or Sophocles. There is a tradition that he was unpopular, even a recluse; we are told that he composed poetry in a cave by the sea, near Salamis. What is clear from contemporary evidence, however, is that audiences were fascinated by his innovative and often disturbing dramas. His work was controversial already in his lifetime, and he himself was regarded as a ‘clever’ poet, associated with philosophers and other intellectuals. Towards the end of his life he went to live at the court of Archelaus, king of Macedon. It was during his time there that he wrote what many consider his greates work, the Bacchae. When news of his death reached Athens in early 406 BC, Sophocles appeared publicly in mourning for him. Euripides is thought to have written about ninety-two plays, of which seventeen tragedies and one satyr-play known to be his survive; the other play which is attributed to him, the Rhesus, may in fact be by a later hand.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140447261
• ISBN 13: 9780140447262
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432
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