Greek & Roman 6

Classic Roman comedy play. With active table of contents. According to Wikipedia, "Adelphoe (The Brothers) (160 BC) Adelphoe (also written Adelphoi and Adelphi, English: The brothers) is a play by R……続きを見る

In Greek legend, Prometheus was the Titan who, against the will of Zeus, stole fire from the gods for the benefit of man. His terrible punishment by Zeus, and his continuing defiance of Zeus in the ……続きを見る

The Roman dramatist Terence (c. 186-159 BC) adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his own time by introducing subtler characterization and more co……続きを見る

Les Grenouilles Aristophane, dramaturge grec classique (450–385 av JC) Ce livre numérique présente «Les Grenouilles», de Aristophane, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet……続きを見る

Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also sh……続きを見る

A short, funny play about the Ancient Greek Myths, for children aged between 7 and 12. The book includes craft activities relevant to the play. Zeus has a plan. He wants to populate the world with c……続きを見る

A play with a cast of 11 people. Set in ancient Greece, where centaurs and mythical creatures still exist. This story is a continuation of Echo and Narcissus and what happens after. 続きを見る

King Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone Three towering works of Greek tragedy depicting the inexorable downfall of a doomed royal dynasty The legends surrounding the house of Thebes inspired Sophoc……続きを見る

PEACE, set during a pause in the Peloponnesian War in 421 BC, follows the story of Trygaeus.  Trygaeus arranges a peace with Sparta, earning him the lasting gratitude of farmers while garnerin……続きを見る

Ignorance of HIV/AIDS is a serious pandemic and in spite the global & national attention on AIDS, many erroneously believe it only exist in the imagination of few. 続きを見る

To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted t……続きを見る

Plaute - Comédies Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Plaute éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dyna……続きを見る

Sophocles II contains the plays “Ajax,” translated by John Moore; “The Women of Trachis,” translated by Michael Jameson; “Electra,” translated by David Grene; “Philoctetes,” translated by David Gren……続きを見る

Masterpiece of drama concerns the revenge Electra takes on her mother for the murder of her father. One of the best-known heroines of all drama and a towering figure of Greek tragedy. 続きを見る

Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' O……続きを見る

Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection conta……続きを見る

Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid variety of diction in Aristophanes, so that inste……続きを見る

One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate……続きを見る

This is the first translation into English of the verse drama Germanicus by the Afrikaans poet N.P. Van Wyk Louw. The work was based on the first three chapters of the Annales of the Roman historiog……続きを見る

These two powerful classics of ancient drama are excellent examples of the author's gift for adapting traditional material for decidedly nontraditional effect. Through them Euripides critically exam……続きを見る

Wave after wave of refugees stumble along a wild shore studded with forgotten ruins and unremembered statues - these are the echoes and souls of abandoned gods and demi-gods who are condemned now to……続きを見る

The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC, where it won first place. The Frogs……続きを見る

One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world, Plautus (c.254-184 BC), skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners and customs of his day. This collection features a varied sel……続きを見る

This playbook is designed for 7-11 year olds to read and act out within a class at school or club, or just with a group of friends. It is also fun to use individually with puppets or a toy theatre, ……続きを見る

Medea By Euripides Medea, from Greek mythology, was he daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, Niece of Circe and the wife of Jason. Media is known in most Greek stories as an enchantress who would beco……続きを見る

THE BIRDS differs markedly from all the other Comedies of Aristophanes which have come down to us in subject and general conception. It is just an extravaganza pure and simple--a graceful, whimsica……続きを見る

Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex is Sophocles' finest play and a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Aristotle considered it a masterpiece of dramat……続きを見る

Paradise Lost is the story is separated into twelve books, broken down shortly after initial publication, following the model of the Aeneid of Virgil. The books' lengths vary; longest being Book IX,……続きを見る

5 Works of Aeschylus Ancient Greek tragedians (-525 -456) Translated by: Theodore Alois Buckley (1825-1856) Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) E. D. A. Morshead (1849-1912) Robert Potter (1831-1908) Anna……続きを見る

LICENTIA, land of women and wine. Where men willingly serve their women and Juno rules over all. DIANA, huntress supreme. Kills boars with her bare hands and waits for her lover on the eve of her……続きを見る