Greek Lyric Poetry and Tragedy: Translation and Original Composition

This book is a unique and exciting collection of Greek Lyric Poetry and Tragedy. Poetic gems by the great ancient Greek lyricists from the seventh to fifth centuries B.C. - Sappho, Archilochus, Simonides, Ibycus, Pindar, Alcman, Mimnermus, Stesichorus, Phrynichus, Xenophanes - are presented in new verse translations. Here you will also find two Greek Tragedies - Laodamia and Stheneboea - reconstructed from two lost plays by Euripides, the Athenian dramatist of the fifth century B.C. Laodamia deals with a woman'’s Orphic quest to fetch her dead husband from the underworld. Stheneboea is based on the myth of Bellerophon and is a tale about adultery, murder, and deceit. Meager, tantalizing fragments of Euripides' lost plays and ancient plot summaries provided the inspiration for these modern dramatizations of ancient Greek myths.