Robert Bagg's profound translation of this Euripidean masterpiece is idiomatic, natural, and intensely lyrical, designed not only to be read but performed. Unlike most versions, Bagg's Hippolytos sustains the dramatic tome and dynamics to the very end--even after Phaidra's death--and the moving scenes between Hippolytos and Theseus, and later Hippolytos' death-scene with Artemis, receive here unprecedented plausibility and power.
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Robert Bagg's profound translation of this Euripidean masterpiece is idiomatic, natural, and intensely lyrical, designed not only to be read but performed. Unlike most versions, Bagg's Hippolytos sustains the dramatic tome and dynamics to the very end--even after Phaidra's death--and the moving scenes between Hippolytos and Theseus, and later Hippolytos' death-scene with Artemis, receive here unprecedented plausibility and power.
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Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Oxford University Press, 1978 reprint (first published 1964). Rubbing to boards. Former owner's signature on ffep. Expected age-toning to text block, but text remains clean and bright. Altogether quite sound. Very Good.
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Very Good-with no dust jacket. 019814167X. Heavy foxing to textblock.; Extensive English Commentary and Introduction with Greek Text and Latin apparatus.; 453 pages.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 019814167X. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Some pencilling.; Extensive English Commentary and Introduction with Greek Text and Latin apparatus.; 453 pages.
