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Philip Vellacott (1907–1997)

Autor(a) de Menander: Plays & Fragments ; Theophrastus: Characters

12+ Works 91 Membros 2 Críticas

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Obras por Philip Vellacott

Associated Works

The Oresteia: Agamemnon / The Libation Bearers / The Eumenides (0458) — Tradutor, algumas edições10,148 exemplares
Medea [in Translation] (0431) — Tradutor, algumas edições2,891 exemplares
The Persians; Prometheus Bound; Seven Against Thebes; The Suppliants (0458) — Tradutor, algumas edições2,402 exemplares
Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles (0431) — Tradutor, algumas edições1,558 exemplares
The Bacchae and Other Plays (0413) — Tradutor, algumas edições1,238 exemplares
Alcestis (0438) — Tradutor, algumas edições757 exemplares
3 Plays: Alcestis / Hippolytus / Iphigenia in Taurus (0438) — Tradutor, algumas edições640 exemplares
The Dyskolos (1960) — Tradutor, algumas edições254 exemplares
Orestes and Other Plays (The Penguin Classics) (1972) — Tradutor — 249 exemplares
3 Plays: Bacchae / Hippolytus / Medea (0431) — Tradutor, algumas edições; Introdução, algumas edições148 exemplares
Euripides Alcestis and Other Plays (1961) — Editor, algumas edições3 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1907-01-16
Data de falecimento
1997-08-24
Sexo
male

Membros

Críticas

Characters. Much better than I thought it would be. Very funny. I had to take my specs off so I could wipe my eyes. Thirty satirical sketches of undesirable personality types, all delivered though gritted teeth in a tone of disbelief. Reminded me of the sort of role John Cleese might play. Some of the things Theophrastus describes are so specific I’m sure many of these characters would have been recognised by their fellow Athenians at the time. Also very interesting for the details of daily life that you just don’t get in more formal literary works.

The pairing with Menander is nice as you have teacher and pupil in the same volume. I’ve not read this translation as I read a different one some time go. Vellacott’s translations of Euripides are superb. Menander is worth reading if you’re interested in the history of the theatre.

Both authors have been given the Penguin Classics treatment usual at the time and smoothed out of popular consumption. Characters translates just the Ancient Greek text, but not the Byzantine interpolations that appear in the manuscripts. According to the introduction, Dyskolos was done for a radio production and some liberties have been taken with the allocation of lines. The 2nd edition (1973) has more Menander than had been discovered when the first edition came out.
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Lukerik | 1 outra crítica | Jul 2, 2022 |
Edition: // Descr: 247 p. 18.5 cm. // Series: The Penguin Classics Call No. { 882 M52.10 1 } Series Edited by Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Translated by Philip Vellacott. // //
 
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ColgateClassics | 1 outra crítica | Oct 26, 2012 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
12
Also by
11
Membros
91
Popularidade
#204,136
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
2
ISBN
9

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