Hecuba

Euripides

earliest edition we have, 1920 Kessinger Publishing, 2004 paperback 52 pages

Cambridge translations from Greek drama

"In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled intensity in the playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of poets. Yet the new battle-ground of the aftermath of war is one in which the women of Troy evince an overwhelming great...

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This book in English

Tony Harrison 1 printing we hold · 2005 · Faber and Faber

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Editions we hold

Euripides paperback · 2008 · Cambridge University Press · 144 pages · 9780521678254
Hecuba hardcover · 2005 · Faber and Faber · 50 pages · 9780571227914
Hecuba (Drama Classics) paperback · 2005 · Nick Hern Books · 67 pages · 9781854598684
Hecuba paperback · 2004 · Kessinger Publishing · 52 pages · 9781419123139
Hecuba edition · 2001 · Oxford University Press · 167 pages
Euripides: Hecuba paperback · 2000 · An American Philological Association Book · 256 pages · 9780788506116
Hecuba edition · 2000 · Oxford University Press · 167 pages
Euripides, Hecuba hardcover · 1999 · Scholars Press · 218 pages
Hecuba hardcover · 1998 · K.G. SAUR VERLAG · 102 pages · 9783598713262
Hecuba edition · 1998 · Players Press · 29 pages
Hecuba paperback · 1996 · Dramatic Pub. · 57 pages · 9780871296306
Hecuba edition · 1991 · Oxford University Press · 92 pages

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