| #245451 in Books | imusti | 2008-03-17 | 2008-02-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.79 x5.43l,1.18 | File type: PDF | 386 pages | Cambridge University Press||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Review of Allen's Helen|By Ryan Mease|This is a very complete presentation of the Helen. It offers an introduction (of some 80 pages) that touches on every facet and feature of the play. The notes and commentary are extensive and--as I expect from the Cambridge collection--helpfully note difficult points of grammar, vocabulary, etc. I wish that a glossary had been included at t||"Allan's commentary is a valuable and needed contribution to the study and dissemination of Euripides' Helen. It is rich in contextual information, straightforward in its analysis and contentions, and judicious in its treatment of the text. Additionally, it do
This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other surviving play. The story of an exemplary wife (not an adulteress) who went to Egypt (not to Troy), Euripides' 'new Helen' skilfully transforms and supplants earlier currents of literature and myth. The Introduction elucidates Euripides' treatment of Helen and sets the p...
You easily download any file type for your device.Euripides: 'Helen' (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) | Euripides. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
