The Tenth Muse: Classical Drama in TranslationCharles Doria Swallow, 1980 - 587 páginas Although classical drama has been translated before, this new collection is unique. The translations are modern in their poetry; the translations include poets as well as classicists; and the collection includes at least one example of every known type of ancient Greek and Latin drama. Plays included are The Danaids and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus; Philoctetes by Sophocles; The Bacchai and Cyclops by Euripides; Peace by Aristophanes; The Rope by Plautus; Thyestes by Seneca. |
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... forces , Prometheus and Zeus . With the bleak setting of Scythia and the comparative lack of action through- out ... force of the tragedy lies in the language of the characters and in their strategically placed entrances and exits ...
... forces , Prometheus and Zeus . With the bleak setting of Scythia and the comparative lack of action through- out ... force of the tragedy lies in the language of the characters and in their strategically placed entrances and exits ...
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... forces , reunion of estranged family members , the triumph of virtue and justice . What is really at issue in both plays , as in all roman- tic comedies , is the life force itself . We are constantly reminded of the sea's proximity and ...
... forces , reunion of estranged family members , the triumph of virtue and justice . What is really at issue in both plays , as in all roman- tic comedies , is the life force itself . We are constantly reminded of the sea's proximity and ...
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... force him to be quiet ? GRIPUS : Force me ? You think he treats me like your master treats you ? I'm no- body's pretty boy . That's all you city boys are good for , but not me . DAEMONES : He got you there . But go on with your story ...
... force him to be quiet ? GRIPUS : Force me ? You think he treats me like your master treats you ? I'm no- body's pretty boy . That's all you city boys are good for , but not me . DAEMONES : He got you there . But go on with your story ...
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Prometheus Bound translated by Emily Hilburn | 71 |
Sophocles | 115 |
Euripides | 175 |
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AGAVE altar AMPELISCA Argos Aristophanes ATREUS Bacchai Bacchus beetle blood brother CADMUS cave CHARMIDES CHORUS LEADER crime CYCLOPS DAEMONES DANAID Danaos dance daughters death DIONYSOS drink earth Enter Exit eyes father fear fire girls give goddess gods Greek GRIPUS hands happy hate head hear heart HEEAAVE HEPHAISTOS Herakles HERMES HIEROCLES honor inside keep kill king LABRAX leave listen live Liza look Lord maenads massa mother NEOPTOLEMUS never night OCEANID ODYSSEUS pain palace PALAESTRA Peace PELASGOS Pentheus PHILOCTETES pimp pity play PLESIDIPPUS PROMETHEUS RASTUS rock sail SCEPARNIO ship shrine SILENUS sing slave SLICK sons Sparax stage stop talk Tantalus Teiresias tell Thebes there's things Thyestes thyrse TRACHALIO Troy trunk TRYGAEUS Turbalio turn Venus watch what's who's wine women words y'all YOUNG TANTALUS Zeus Zeus's