Three Dramas of Euripides (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Three Dramas of Euripides<br><br>The present volume of essays is intended as a contribution to literature, not to classical philology. The writer's appeal is not Greek scholars, except for unsparing criticism wherever he has missed the meaning of his original. His chief desire is to make this group of ancient dramas intelligible and interesting to the wider circle of men and women who are lovers of good literature. Incidentally, indeed, he could not refrain from striving to enforce the central article of his own creed: that in the drama, is in all the other creative arts, we may demand from the artist not a mere aid in shaping and imitating our own loftiest and noblest ideals.<br><br>A series of essay upon the same plays has already appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly;" but besides many additions and changes in the original portions, the entire dramas are here given in translation, instead of a series of selected passages. The text is so printer that the versions alone may be read by those who prefer to listen to the classical dramatist without interruption.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.