Among surviving Greek tragedies only Euripides' _Trojan Women_ shows
us the extinction of a whole city, an entire people. Despite its grim
theme, or more likely because of the centrality of that theme to the
deepest fears of our own age, this is one of the relatively few Greek
tragedies that regularly finds its way to the stage. Here the power of
Euripides' theatrical and moral imagination speaks clearly across the
twenty-five centuries that separate our world from his. The theme is
really a double one: the suffering of the victims of war, exemplified
by the woman who survive the fall of Troy, and the degradation of the
victors, shown by the Greeks' reckless and ultimately self-destructive
behavior. It offers an enduring picture of human fortitude in the
midst of despair. _Trojan Women_ gains special relevance, of course,
in times of war. It presents a particularly intense account of human
suffering and uncertainty, but one that is also rooted in
considerations of power and policy, morality and expedience.
Furthermore, the seductions of power and the dangers both of its
exercise and of resistance to it as portrayed in _Trojan Women_ are
not simply philosophical or rhetorical gambits but part of the lived
experience of Euripides' day. And their analogues in our own day lie
all too close at hand. This new powerful translation of _Trojan Women_
includes an illuminating introduction, explanatory notes, a glossary,
and suggestions for further reading.
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ISBN
9780199705320
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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