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By Ian C. Storey
Euripides' Suppliant ladies is an unfairly missed grasp paintings by means of the main debatable of the 3 nice tragedians. It dramatises the tale of 1 of the proudest moments in Athenian legendary heritage: the intervention of Theseus in aid of foreign legislation to strength the burial of the Argive lifeless at Thebes. yet Euripides provides new characters to the tale and offers the parable in a unique and infrequently ambiguous mild. a feeling of uncertainty and undercutting pervades this play, which dramatises the sufferings of the blameless in battle after which on the finish foretells extra conflict. in addition to providing a scene-by-scene research, this ebook will talk about the date and historical past of the play, no matter if humans and occasions from modern Athens will be glimpsed within the drama; the issues of staging, and at last the tale in later culture.
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