Phaethon
by
Euripides
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oberon Modern Plays
ISBN-10
1840028971
ISBN-13
9781840028973
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Oberon Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 12th, 2008
Print length
76 Pages
Weight
106 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.10 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
Ancient, classical and medieval textsClassical textsPlays, playscriptsPlays, playscripts, drama
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A new version of "Phaethon," unperformed since the fifth century BC, amounting to a new masterpiece. A tragic story of Phaethon, an illegitimate son of Helios. An ambitious young man, Phaethon strives for higher things, but is insufficiently strong to endure the very elevation he craves.
"In classical mythology, Phaethon is the child of the sun god Helios, who tries to drive his father's chariot and is killed in the attempt. Euripides explains how this happened: Helios had seduced Phaeton's mother - already betrothed to another - and as the price of her seduction had promised to grant her a favour. As an adult Phaethon claims the promise and asks to drive his father's chariot, with disastrous consequences...Only a quarter of Euripides' original version of Phaethon has survived. Alistair Elliot has translated these surviving 327 lines and reconstructed the rest, staying as faithful as possible to Euripides' time and way of thinking. The result is something very like finding a lost Euripides play, unperformed since the fifth century BC and amounting to a new masterpiece."
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