
Andromache
Euripides(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-85459-638-3 (ISBN)
Description
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The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector.
Some years after the fall of Troy, Andromache is living as a slave to Neoptolemus, by whom she has a child. When Neoptolemus' fiercely jealous young wife, Hermione, finds she is unable to conceive, she threatens to murder Andromache, and the struggle between the two women turns quickly into a bitter feud.
This edition of Euripides' Andromache, in the Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.
The story of Andromache, widow of the Trojan hero Hector.
Some years after the fall of Troy, Andromache is living as a slave to Neoptolemus, by whom she has a child. When Neoptolemus' fiercely jealous young wife, Hermione, finds she is unable to conceive, she threatens to murder Andromache, and the struggle between the two women turns quickly into a bitter feud.
This edition of Euripides' Andromache, in the Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 161 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
64 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-638-3 (9781854596383)
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Euripides (c. 480-406 BC) was, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.