Description
Written at a time of great social upheaval, Hippolytus is one of the most studied plays in Greek drama. This volume examines how Euripides responded to contemporary ideas and events, and how his audience may have reacted to his play. As well as considering the play's relationship with earlier lost tragedies and discussing many of its characters and central themes including its relationship with religion and evolving medical theories, this volume considers how Hippolytus may have been staged in fifth-century Athens and its reception from antiquity until today.
This collection of ten essays is written by prominent international academics and offers insightful analyses of the play from the perspectives of performance, history and society. Intended for readers ranging from sixth-form students and undergraduates to teachers and those interested in drama (including practitioners), it includes an introduction alongside an accurate yet accessible translation.
Examination of Euripides' Hippolytus by leading academics which is accompanied by an English translation by an expert in Greek drama.
About the Author
David Stuttard is a Lecturer and Fellow of Goodenough College, UK. He has directed his own translations of Greek drama throughout the UK and in Graeco-Roman theatres. He is editor of eight 'Looking at' volumes for Bloomsbury: Greek Drama (2024), Persians (2023), Agamemnon (2021), Ajax (2019), Antigone (2017), Bacchae (2016), Medea (2014) and Lysistrata (2010).
Book Information
ISBN 9781350429024
Author David Stuttard
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
