Franklin Library: GREEK TRAGEDIES: OXFORD : AESCHYLUS, EURIPIDES: SOPHOCLES

Description: Franklin Library leather edition of "The Great Tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Quentin Fiore, one of the OXFORD LITRARY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT BOOKS series, published in 1982. Bound in deep hunter green leather, the book has marbled paper end leaves, satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition---opened from SHRINK WRAP for photos. Sophocles, who lived from 496 – 406 BC, was a tragedian of classical Athens. His tragedies are more human, less heroic than those of Aeschylus. HIs first victory as a tragic poet was in 468 B.C. when he won the prize against Aeschylus. This volume includes: "Oedipus the King," and "Antigone." Aeschylus, who lived from 525-456 B.C., plays include AGAMEMNON, the story of the Greek hero's return from sacking Troy, only to be murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, in retaliation for Agamemnon's sacrificing their daughter to the god, Artemis and "Prometheus Bound." Euripides, who lived from 480-406 B.C., plays include "Medea," and "The Bacchae." 361 pages---a RARE title. I offer combined shipping.

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