360円 One of only seven surviving plays written by the great Greek tragedian Sophocles, "Philoctetes" follows the life of a unique and important man through his trials and triumphs. The only man willing to light the funeral pyre of Hercules, Philoctetes is awarded his bow in repayment. Later, as he lea...

496円 Some 2500 years ago, Sophocles, Aeschylus, and even Homer as far back as the 7th or 8th century B.C.E., explored the tragedy known as the Oedipus Cycle. In 467 BCE, Aeschylus won first prize at the City Dionysia with a trilogy about the House of Laius, comprising Laius, Oedipus and Seven against ...

599円 Plutus Aristophane, dramaturge grec classique (450–385 av JC) Ce livre numérique présente «Plutus», de Aristophane, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes sections. Table des Matières -01- Présentation -02- NOTICE SUR PLUTUS -03- PER...

496円 Ani Maamin - I believe… "Ani Ma'amin "I believe" is a prosaic rendition of Maimonides' thirteen-point version of the Jewish principles of faith. It is based on his Mishnah commentary to tractate Sanhedrin. The popular version of Ani Ma'amin is of a later date and has some significa...

496円 This volume contains five works by Henry Louis Mencken: “Pistols for Two,” “Heliogabalus,” “The Artist: A Drama Without Words,” “Suggestions to Our Visitors,” and “George Bernard Shaw: His Plays.”  None of these books are included in the volume “Six by Mencken and One by Nietzsche”, which w...

299円 Oeuvres de Sophocle Traduction de Lesconte de Lisle (1818-1894) Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Sophocle éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux diffé...

1,455円 Sophocles’ innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother’s lover. Aeschylus and Euripides also dramat...

1,989円 Euripides III contains the plays “Heracles,” translated by William Arrowsmith; “The Trojan Women,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; “Iphigenia among the Taurians,” translated by Anne Carson; and “Ion,” translated by Ronald Frederick Willetts. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press unde...

403円 "Prometheus Bound" is the first and only surviving play in a trilogy of tragedies called the Prometheia by Aeschylus featuring the Titan Prometheus who is bound to a rock as punishment by Zeus for providing the knowledge of fire to humans. The other two plays from the rilogyunfortunately only sur...

599円 L’Assemblée des femmes Aristophane, dramaturge grec classique (450–385 av JC) Ce livre numérique présente «L’Assemblée des femmes», de Aristophane, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes sections. Table des Matières -01- Présentation...

755円 HECTOR AND ACHILLES is the action-packed story of the events surrounding the epic duel. Hector stoically leaves the safety of his city to face the Greek hero and certain death. As he and Achilles fight, they are watched by Hector’s ever-loyal wife, Andromache; the lustful Greek army; bored Trojan...

599円 Les Akharniens Aristophane, dramaturge grec classique (450–385 av JC) Ce livre numérique présente «Les Akharniens», de Aristophane, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux diffé...