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The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter's sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family. Philip Vellacott's lucid translation is accompanied by an introduction, which discusses the literary background of Classical Athens and examines the distinction between instinctive and civilized behaviour. 
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Ficha Técnica

• Autor: Euripedes
• Publicação: 1963
• ISBN: 9780140441291
• Editora: Penguin Books
• Idioma: Inglês
• Condição: Usado, antigo em ótimo estado de conservação.
• Acabamento: brochura com capa mole e 204 páginas
• Tamanho: pocket book 18 x 11 cm
• Páginas escurecidas e amareladas, sem riscos, grifos nem anotações, há apenas um nome no canto superior esquerdo da folha de rosto, 3º pág. as primeiras têm algumas manchas na extremidade provocadas provavelmente por umidade
• Miolo completo e firme
• Lombada perfeita, parece nova
• Capas perfeitas, mínimo desgaste nas extremidades
• Corte alinhado e amarelado pela ação do tempo
• Marcas de tempo características a um livro com mais de cinquenta anos.
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