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Hecuba

Euripides

Hecuba

Euripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the dramatic competitions of the Athenian City Dionysia in 441 b.c.e. He would be awarded this honor three more times in his life, and once more posthumously. His works are characterized by their moral ambiguity, plots of intrigue, and often a separate character (usually a deity) who introduces the play with an explanatory prologue. «Hecuba» was written around 424 b.c.e., and is considered to be one of Euripides'...

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Euripides

Orestes and Other Plays

Euripides

Orestes and Other Plays

Euripides (480 BC-406 BC) is revered as one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, and produced the largest body of extant work by any ancient playwright. He is considered to be the most modern of the three, and he laid the foundation for Western theatre. His work sticks out from that of his contemporaries because of his colloquial vocabulary, meter and syntax, distinct from the grandiose language of his predecessors. This edition contains six of...

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Euripides

Helen

Euripides

Helen

Though little is known for certain of his early life, Euripides was probably born around 460 b.c.e. to the farmer Mnesarchus and his wife Clito, and his studious nature quickly led him to a literary life in Athens. He turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first of five victories in the dramatic competitions of the Athenian City Dionysia in 441 b.c.e. His plays are often ironic, pessimistic, and display radical rejection of classical decorum and rules. Together with Aeschylus and...

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Euripides

Rhesus

Euripides

Rhesus

Though little is known for certain of his early life, Euripides was probably born around 460 b.c.e. to the farmer Mnesarchus and his wife Clito, and his studious nature quickly led him to a literary life in Athens. Euripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the dramatic competitions of the Athenian City Dionysia in 441 b.c.e. He would be awarded this honor three more times in his life, and once more posthumously. His plays are often ironic, pessimistic, and...

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Euripides

Iphigenia Among the Taurians

Euripides

Iphigenia Among the Taurians

Euripides, along was Sophocles and Aeschylus, is responsible for the rise of Greek tragedy. It was in the 5th Century BC, during the height of Greece's cultural bloom, that Euripides lived and worked. Of his roughly ninety-two plays, only seventeen tragedies survive. Both ridiculed and lauded during his life, Euripides now stands as an innovator of the Greek drama. Here, in «Iphigenia Among the Taurians» is an escape play with a familiar cast of characters. Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades...

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Euripides

The Complete Plays

Aristophanes

The Complete Plays

This comprehensive compilation of Aristophanes' texts, «The Complete Plays of Aristophanes» contains eleven unique stories all penned by the famously witty Greek playwright. His works are also important because they are some of the last remaining forms of Old Comedy in existence. The plays are filled with all kinds of satire, ranging from politics and sex to the humorous portrayals of popular Greek figures. «The Clouds» depicts the philosopher Socrates as a sneaky old man with a penchant...

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Aristophanes

The Sonnets and Narrative Poems

Уильям Шекспир

The Sonnets and Narrative Poems

"The Sonnets and Narrative Poems" collects together all the non-dramatic poetry of William Shakespeare. While Shakespeare is known best for his plays he also wrote numerous love sonnets and a handful of narrative poems which are excellent literary works in their own right. The narrative poems include two erotically themed works, «Venus and Adonis» and «The Rape of Lucrece» as well as the romantic narratives of «A Lover's Complaint» and «The Phoenix and the Turtle». Shakespeare also...

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Уильям Шекспир

The Pot of Gold and Other Plays

Plautus

The Pot of Gold and Other Plays

The ancient Roman writer Plautus is one of the most important playwrights in Western Civilization. «The Pot of Gold and Other Plays» captures his genius with a collection of famous plays performed in the Roman theatre. Plautus adapted most of his plays from earlier Greek stories, making him essential in helping preserve the history and integrity of Greek theatre. What makes Plautus extraordinary, though, is that he kept the essence of the Greek shows while evolving the wordplay and language to...

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Plautus

Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus

Perhaps the most philosophical of the three Theban plays, «Oedipus at Colonus» continues the story begun in «Oedipus the King.» Oedipus is a blind beggar, tainted by his past, and nearing the end of his life. He travels with his daughter, Antigone, until they reach the holy ground of the Furies, which coincides with the prophecy of his place of death. There he is sought after by the warring kings of Athens and Thebes, for his final resting place will grant victory and peace to the country in...

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Sophocles

The Three Theban Plays

Sophocles

The Three Theban Plays

One of the most famous poets from classical antiquity, Sophocles was one of three important ancient Greek tragedians, the others being Aeschylus and Euripides. Writing during the 5th century BC, Sophocles created some one hundred and twenty three plays during his lifetime, of which only seven have survived in their entirety. In this edition are included the three so-called Theban plays, as translated by Francis Storr, which are widely considered his most important works. These works include...

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Sophocles

The Bacchae and Other Plays

Euripides

The Bacchae and Other Plays

Euripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the dramatic competitions of the Athenian City Dionysia in 441 b.c.e. He would be awarded this honor three more times in his life, and once more posthumously. His plays are often ironic, pessimistic, and display radical rejection of classical decorum and rules. In 408 b.c.e., Euripides left worn-torn Athens for Macedonia, upon the invitation of King Archelaus, and there he spent his last years as a confidant of the...

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Euripides

The Trojan Women and Hippolytus

Euripides

The Trojan Women and Hippolytus

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 examines social and moral aspects of contemporary life and even specific political events. He endows his figures with shrewdly observed individual character, implicitly deflating the emblematic simplicity of traditional narratives and making him seem the most modern of the great Greek dramatists.The...

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Euripides

Everyman

Anonymous

Everyman

Western drama, having all but disappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular miracle plays of England's Middle Ages were performed by lay people — many by trade guilds — unschooled in church Latin, but familiar with the biblical events upon which the dramas were based. Morality plays provided moral instruction, their principal characters vivid personifications of virtue and vice. The most durable of...

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Anonymous

The Theban Plays

Sophocles

The Theban Plays

The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading for English and classical studies majors as well as for all students of Western civilization.Oedipus Rex unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of...

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Sophocles

Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Уильям Шекспир

Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

A delightfully comic tale of mistaken identities, Twelfth Night revolves around the physical likeness between Sebastian and his twin sister, Viola, each of whom, when separated after a shipwreck, believes the other to be dead. The theatrical romp begins when Viola assumes the identity of Cesario, a page in the household of the Duke of Orsino. The Duke is enamored of the Countess Olivia, who spurns him for the newly arrived young page. The comical machinations of Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch, the...

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Уильям Шекспир

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

Oedipus Rex

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 dramatic construction and refers to it frequently in the Poetics.In presenting the story of King Oedipus and the tragedy that ensues when he discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother, the play exhibits near-perfect harmony of character and action. Moreover, the masterly...

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Sophocles

Избранные речи

Демосфен

Избранные речи

Основу этого сборника составляют политические речи Демосфена, в частности направленные против Филиппа Македонского. Среди них, в свою очередь, своеобразным эталоном энергичного и экспрессивного демосфеновского стиля является цикл из трех классических «Олинфских речей», произнесенных по случаю похода македонской армии на греческий полис Олинф. Также в сборник вошли и другие речи Демосфена, посвященные не только внешней, но и внутренней политике Афин, социальным и этическим вопросам. В формате...

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Демосфен

Ораторское искусство с комментариям...

Марк Цицерон

Ораторское искусство с комментариями и иллюстрациями

Марк Туллий Цицерон – блестящий оратор и политик, современник Гая Юлия Цезаря, заставший крах республиканских институтов Рима. Философия и риторика в его понимании были неразрывно связаны – философия объясняла, почему гражданин должен быть добродетельным, а риторика показывала, что даже один гражданин может стать убедительным для всех сограждан. В новую книгу серии «Популярная философия с иллюстрациями» вошли отрывки из риторических трудов Цицерона, показывающие, какими качествами должен...

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Марк Цицерон

Исповедь

Ксюша Ангел

Исповедь

«Исповедь» Аврелия Августина – величайший памятник самопознания, представляющий события личной жизни как неотъемлемую часть духовного опыта. Августин создал уникальное повествование, объединяющее исторические события, глубокие размышления, сильные эмоции и богословско-философские догадки. Августин преодолел представление о биографии как языческой судьбе и создал автобиографию как комментарий к христианскому Откровению. «Исповедь» публикуется со вступительной статьей доктора филологических наук...

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Ксюша Ангел

Образцы ораторского искусства

Марк Цицерон

Образцы ораторского искусства

Марк Туллий Цицерон, названный современниками отцом Отечества, был в полной мере достоин так именоваться. Убежденный сторонник республики, человек, использовавший свои блестящие ораторские способности для защиты закона (и правды, как он ее понимал), Цицерон оставил огромное литературное наследие – труды по истории, философии, праву и, конечно же, речи. Его произведения дают представление не только о взглядах автора, но и о целой эпохе. В этой книге представлены несколько речей Цицерона,...

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Марк Цицерон

Риторика. Книга 1

Аристотель

Риторика. Книга 1

В «РИТОРИКЕ» Аристотель заложил фундамент классической риторической системы, которая на протяжении почти двух с половиной тысяч лет принимается в качестве образца для обучения искусству публичной речи. Аристотель понимает риторику как искусство убеждения, которое охватывает все сферы человеческой жизни: она одинаково необходима в делах, касающихся житейских нужд отдельного человека, и в делах государственной важности. В первой из трех книг труда «Риторика» Аристотель объясняет цель и область...

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Аристотель

Oedipus at Colonos

Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonos

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, Laius ordered Oedipus's feet to be bound together, and pierced with a stake. Afterwards, the baby was given to a herdsman who was told to kill him. Unable to go through with his orders, he instead gave the child to a second herdsman who...

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Sophocles

King Oedipus

Sophocles

King Oedipus

Widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek tragedies, ‘King Oedipus’ (or ‘Oedipus Rex’) is the first play in the Oedipus trilogy (followed by ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ and then ‘Antigone’). After defeating the Sphinx and freeing the kingdom of Thebes from her curse, the flawed hero unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.

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Sophocles

Воспоминания о Сократе

Ксенофонт

Воспоминания о Сократе

Сократ – без сомнения, один из наиболее значимых персонажей в мировой культуре. Образец мыслителя, «крестный отец» философии, он за свою жизнь не написал ни строчки. Его главным произведением была его жизнь и смерть. Два наиболее важных свидетеля, поведавших миру о Сократе – это Платон и Ксенофонт. В настоящем издании представлены все так называемые «Сократические сочинения» Ксенофонта, которые многие считают наиболее аутентичным источником сведений о великом философе. © Storysidе

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Ксенофонт

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