Philip Vellacott (1907–1997)
Autor von Menander: Plays & Fragments ; Theophrastus: Characters
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Euripides Orestes and other plays 1 Exemplar
Euripides Alcestis 1 Exemplar
The Oresteian Trilogy 1 Exemplar
Euripides 1 Exemplar
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The Persians; Prometheus Bound; Seven Against Thebes; The Suppliants (0458) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 2,424 Exemplare
Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles (0431) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 1,570 Exemplare
Three Plays: Alcestis, Hippolytos and Iphigeneia in Tauris: "Alcestis","Hippolytus","Iphigenia in Tauris" (Penguin… (0438) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 642 Exemplare
3 Plays: Bacchae / Hippolytus / Medea (0431) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben; Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 149 Exemplare
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- 1907-01-16
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- 1997-08-24
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The pairing with Menander is nice as you have teacher and pupil in the same volume. I’ve not read this translation as I read a different one some time go. Vellacott’s translations of Euripides are superb. Menander is worth reading if you’re interested in the history of the theatre.
Both authors have been given the Penguin Classics treatment usual at the time and smoothed out of popular consumption. Characters translates just the Ancient Greek text, but not the Byzantine interpolations that appear in the manuscripts. According to the introduction, Dyskolos was done for a radio production and some liberties have been taken with the allocation of lines. The 2nd edition (1973) has more Menander than had been discovered when the first edition came out.… (mehr)