Greek Tragedy [Antigone; Bacchae; Medea]

Title: Greek Tragedy [Antigone; Bacchae; Medea]
Author: Sophocles
Price: $19.99

Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists - in modern, much-performed translations by Marianne McDonald, Kenneth McLeish & Frederic Raphael.

Antigone by Sophocles:
The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy. Creon, the King of Thebes, has forbidden the burial of Antigone's brother because he was put to death as a traitor to the crown. Despite being engaged to Creon's son Haemon, Antigone disobeys the King and buries her brother. Enraged, Creon condemns Antigone to death and buries her alive in a cave. The prophet Teiresias warns Creon against such rash actions, and eventually Creon relents but when he goes to release Antigone it is too late: she has already hanged herself.

Bacchae by Euripides:
At the whim of Dionysos, a son is torn to pieces by his own mother during the famous women-only Bacchanalian ritual. The story of revenge by the half-man half-god on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

Medea by Euripides:
The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's infidelity.

Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Publication date: 30/09/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781854598479