Hippolytos

Euripides, Robert Bagg

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
29 October 1992

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Plays & playscripts; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Myth & legend told as fiction

Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations

In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite.

In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed by the playwright's moral and religious fascination--we find a Phaidra resisting the goddess of love with all her strength, though in the end unsuccessfully.

Phaidra becomes a tragic foil for Hippolytos, making his superhuman virtue at once believable and understandable. Robert Bagg's profound translation of this Euripidean masterpiece is idiomatic, natural, and intensely lyrical, designed not only to be read but performed.

Unlike most versions, Bagg's Hippolytos sustains the dramatic tome and dynamics to the very end--even after Phaidra's death--and the moving scenes between Hippolytos and Theseus, and later Hippolytos' death-scene with Artemis, receive here unprecedented plausibility and power.

By: Euripides
Translated by: Robert Bagg
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 132mm, Width: 201mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 106g
ISBN: 9780195072907
ISBN 10: 0195072901
Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 29 October 1992
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Bagg is a recipient of the Prix de Rome for poetry and is author of critical studies of Sappho and Catallus.

Reviews for Hippolytos

A very poetic translation that is a delight to read. * Katherine C. King, University of California at Los Angeles * Very readable and useful. * John Lenz, Drew University * This is a good translation of a play our undergraduates can easily relate to. At $6.95 it is not too expensive for a required text. * David Larmour, Texas Technical University *