Electra and Other Plays

By Euripides

13.00 JOD

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ISBN: 9780140446685

Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 320

Publication Date: 28-Apr-05

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Deals with the aftermath of the Trojan War for the defeated survivors, as Andromache shows Hector’s widow as a trophy of war in the house of her Greek captor, and Hecabe portrays a defeated queen avenging the murder of her last-remaining son.

Euripides (c.485-406 BC) was already a controversial figure in his own lifetime, regarded as a 'clever' poet, associated with philosophers and intellectuals. He is thought to have written 92 plays, only 18 of which survive. John Davie was born in Glasgo

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Deals with the aftermath of the Trojan War for the defeated survivors, as Andromache shows Hector's widow as a trophy of war in the house of her Greek captor, and Hecabe portrays a defeated queen avenging the murder of her last-remaining son.