Greek & Roman 44

Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter, Clytemnestra must try to stop him, Iphigenia must accept her fate, the Chorus must watch. Ships lie dormant in harbours, and thousands of troops sit on the sho……続きを見る

“She shares my tent, she shares my bed. Her flesh is mine.” Achilles, the greatest of the Achaean warriors, refuses to fight; angered that King Agamemnon has stolen his captive Trojan slave-girl, Br……続きを見る

Juno, wife of Jove (Jupiter) is jealous of Alcmene, mother of Hercules by Jove, and has been persecuting Hercules by imposing labours on him, through her intermediary, the tyrant Eurystheus.The fina……続きを見る

The Seven Pomegranate Seeds are seven contemporary monologues for female speakers, thematically linked and with powerful mythical origins. Loosely based on seven of Euripides’ female characters - Me……続きを見る

The Trojan Women, also known as Troades, is a tragedy produced in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian War. It is often considered a commentary on the capture of the Aegean island of Melos and the subseq……続きを見る

Robert Icke's thrilling and radical adaptations of some of the great texts of Western theatre have enthralled theatregoers in London, in New York and around the world. This is the first collection o……続きを見る

In questa commedia di Carlo Goldoni, scritta nel 1751, Molière aspetta con ansia l'autorizzazione del Re per poter mettere in scena il suo Tartufo osteggiato dai molti ipocriti del tempo. Goldoni co……続きを見る

"L'avaro" di Goldoni è Don Ambrogio, un vecchio avaro che è più afflitto dalla propria situazione economica che della recente morte del figlio. Suo cruccio maggiore è la nuora Donna Eugenia, che lo ……続きを見る

"Il servitore di due padroni", noto anche come "Arlecchino servitore di due padroni", è una delle più celebri commedie di Carlo Goldoni, scritta nel 1745. Al centro della commedia troviamo Truffaldi……続きを見る

"Le baruffe chiozzotte" è una commedia in tre atti in dialetto veneziano ambientata a Chioggia, tra quel mondo di pescatori che Goldoni aveva già rappresentato in altri testi come "I pettegolezzi de……続きを見る

"Sior Todero brontolon" è un vecchio burbero ed avaro che tiene sotto il suo dominio familiari e servitù, piegando ogni evento a suo vantaggio, sino a predisporre le nozze della nipote col figlio de……続きを見る

Ne "La bottega del caffè" Goldoni rappresenta una piazzetta di Venezia e la vita delle persone che gravitavano intorno a essa, la bottega del caffè e le altre botteghe vicine, il barbiere, la bisca.……続きを見る

"La Locandiera" è una delle più felici ed equilibrate commedie di Goldoni, mirabile per la giustezza del ritmo, la precisione e l'acutezza con cui sono ritratti l'ambiente e i personaggi. L'intera c……続きを見る

"I Rusteghi" sono quattro cittadini veneziani del medesimo stato, della stessa fortuna e di ugual carattere: Lunardo, Canciano, Maurizio e Simon sono ruvidi e collerici, di rigide maniere e poco soc……続きを見る

This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for investigating the nature of heroic violence in Archaic and Classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes. Heracles was fa……続きを見る

In 'Amphitryon' von Heinrich von Kleist taucht der Leser in eine Mischung aus klassischer Mythologie und politischer Intrige ein. Der Autor führt seine Leser in eine Welt des Machtmissbrauchs und de……続きを見る

Argues for the importance of the neglected theme of slavery in Antigone. In this groundbreaking book, Tina Chanter challenges the philosophical and psychoanalytic reception of Sophocles' Antigone, w……続きを見る

How Greek Tragedy Works is a journey through the hidden meanings and dual nature of Greek tragedy, drawing on its foremost dramatists to bring about a deeper understanding of how and why to engage w……続きを見る

Analyzes contemporary technological society through the lens of Greek tragedy. Destiny Domesticated investigates three ways Western civilization has tried to tame fate: the heroic affirmation of fat……続きを見る

The late seventeenth century playwright William Wycherley produced satirical and comic masterpieces, winning the admiration of his fellow writers, including John Dryden and William Congreve, who des……続きを見る

Prometheus Unbound is een lyrisch drama in vier bedrijven van Percy Bysshe Shelley, voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1820. Het houdt zich bezig met de kwellingen van de Griekse mythologische figuur Pr……続きを見る

Un grand mariage aura lieu. Tous y seront conviés, Dieux, Nymphes, Rois. Tous, à l’exception d’Éris, Déesse de la discorde. Par vengeance, une pomme d’or sera lancée sur les tables du banquet. On po……続きを見る

Thésée, roi mythique d'Athènes, instaura une nouvelle politique : la démocratie. Bien que dans sa jeunesse il eût affronté bon nombre d'épreuves et de bêtes monstrueuses, la liberté qu'il offrit ain……続きを見る

Lorsque deux frères s’entredéchirent afin de savoir lequel gouvernera le royaume d’Égypte, le sort des Danaïdes est scellé; elles auront le devoir d’épouser leurs cousins, les Ægyptides. Mais, elles……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy brown-nosed title character (“The Weevil”) bamboozles a shady banker and a pious pimp……続きを見る

Agamemnon is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia trilogy and is considered to be one of Aeschylus' greatest works. This collection of 12 essays, written by prominent international acade……続きを見る

The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences and critics. In this volume each of the eleven chapters discusses one of the……続きを見る

This new introduction to Euripides' fascinating interpretation of the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes its theatricality, showing how captivating the play remains to this day. Ele……続きを見る

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. 続きを見る

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. 続きを見る