Euripides III: Hecuba, Andromache, The Trojan Women, Ion (The Complete Greek Tragedies) - Softcover

Euripides

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226307824 ISBN 13: 9780226307824

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1992

Synopsis

In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use.
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About this title

About the Author:

Euripides (c. 480 – 406 BCE) wrote some ninety plays, nineteen of which have survived.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0226307824
• ISBN 13: 9780226307824
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 255
• Editor: David Grene, Richmond Lattimore