Bacchae (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Euripides

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9780266531135: Bacchae (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 026653113X ISBN 13: 9780266531135

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Bacchae

Later criticism, however, has awarded the palm to his younger rival, Sophocles (495 - 406 who defeated Aeschylus in 468 He introduced a third actor, raised the number of the Chorus from twelve to fifteen, and made some other improvements. It may be said that he perfected the external form of Attic tragedy.

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About the Author

Ian Johnston was born in Valparaiso, Chile, and educated in Canada and England. He has a BSc from McGill in Geology and Chemistry, a BA from Bristol in English and Greek and an MA from Toronto in English. For many years he taught as a college and university-college instructor in British Columbia teaching English, Classics and Liberal Studies. He is the author of The Ironies of War: An Introduction to Homer's Iliad. His translation of Homer s Iliad and Odyssey have recently been published in both book and audiobook form. He is now retired and living in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

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After having released new translations in 2006 of the Iliad and the Odyssey in a modern English poetic form, these new dramatic releases provide us once again with that powerful and direct style of translation for which Professor Johnston has become known. Students reading this translation will have no doubt of the passion and issues raised by the plays. Mr. Johnston's works have been used in numerous dramatic performances around the world, including at Oxford and in Philadelphia. As with the Iliad and the Odyssey, these new works are rapidly becoming the translations of choice in high schools, colleges and universities around the world. --Editor

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