The Phoenissae

by Euripides

Book Overview

Here, Peter Burian and Brian Swann recreate Euripides' The Phoenician Women, a play about the fateful history of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus, King of Thebes. Their lively... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1537078852
• ISBN13: 9781537078854
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The folly of war: will Athens listen?

This play by Euripides is another version of the story of the conflict between the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices. It has an unusual title in that the Phoenician women are the chorus, observers of the battle between Thebes under Eteocles and the Argive army assembled by Polyneices and his father-in-law, the King of Argos. Once again, Euripides is showing Athens the folly of war.