4,686円 The surviving works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have been familiar to readers and theatregoers for centuries; but these works are far outnumbered by their lost plays. Between them these authors wrote around two hundred tragedies, the fragmentary remains of which are utterly fascinating....

490円 Andrew Lang, assisted by Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, has put the old Greek epos into contemporary English prose. This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.

80円 Jules César est sur le point de prendre le pouvoir au Sénat de Rome. Il se confie à Marc-Antoine, son fidèle ami, et lui révèle qu’il a eu un fils avec la sœur de Caton : Brutus. Brutus, ignorant son lien de paternité avec César, est un disciple de Caton, fier et intransigeant défenseur de la Rép...

80円 Mérope’ ou ‘La Mérope française’ est une tragédie en 5 actes de Voltaire représentée pour la première fois à la Comédie-Française en février 1743. Voltaire fut l’un des premiers à imiter la tragédie éponyme de Scipione Maffei dans sa ‘Mérope’. L’écrivain s’était tout d’abord exercé en traduisant ...

200円 Der Tod des Empedokles ist ein unvollendetes Dramenprojekt von Friedrich Hölderlin. Das Stück behandelt die letzten Lebenstage des vorsokratischen Philosophen Empedokles aus Agrigent, der sich einer Legende nach durch einen Sturz in den Ätna mit den Worten "Im freiem Tod, nach göttlichem Gesetz" ...

150円 "Los Acarnienses" es una comedia griega antigua de Aristófanes y su primer alegato a favor de la paz en la guerra del Peloponeso. "Los Acarnienses" fue representada en el arcontado de Eutino y presentada por Calístrato en 425 a. C. en las Leneas de Atenas, obteniendo el primer premio. Aristófanes...

4,791円 Aristophanes' Wasps (422 B.C.) is an entertaining comedy that plunges us into the life of a family in classical Athens, while treating themes that readers of any time and place can appreciate. A father and son argue about politics, household servants try to please their master, a disruptive gang ...

4,686円 Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca's treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of ...

496円 Fiery love, shocking twists of fate, and tragic mysteries put a lonely governess in jeopardy in JANE EYRE Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edwar...

438円 Venedig zur Karnevalszeit Das Buch ist ein Streifzug durch die Sprachgeschichte in Form eines Lesedramas. Bei einem Besuch Venedigs zur Karnevalszeit trifft man nicht nur auf Masken, sondern auch auf diverse Szenen, Dramen, Bühnenstück-Ausschnitt und mehr. Der Fantasie sind keine Grenzen gesetzt....

451円 L'Antigone ebbe da subito un forte impatto sul pubblico per la sua originalità. Gli epigoni del mito dei Labdacidi, infatti, erano già stati trattati da Eschilo nei Sette a Tebe, ma solo Sofocle pose al centro del testo l'azione di Antigone. Egli costruì il dramma proprio intorno all'insanabile c...

1,657円 Sofocle (496 a.c. - 406 a.c.) fu forse, tra i grandi tragici, il più amato dal suo pubblico. Ebbe subito grande successo e lo conservò anche dopo l'affermarsi del giovane Euripide. Nacque da ricca famiglia e ricevette un'educazione raffinata; fu infatti musicista e attore prima che poeta. Parteci...