This is the fourth volume of Euripides plays in new translation. The four plays it contains, Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, explore ethical and political themes, contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty,...
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This is the fourth volume of Euripides plays in new translation. The four plays it contains, Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, explore ethical and political themes, contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism with justice, the idea that 'might is right' with the ideal of clemency. Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Note on the Translation -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Euripides' Work and Times -- Map of the Greek World -- ION -- ORESTES -- PHOENICIAN WOMEN -- SUPPLIANT WOMEN -- Explanatory Notes -- Textual Notes.
