Philip Vellacott (1907–1997)
Autor(a) de Menander: Plays & Fragments ; Theophrastus: Characters
About the Author
Obras por Philip Vellacott
Euripides Orestes and other plays 1 exemplar
Euripides Alcestis 1 exemplar
The Oresteian Trilogy 1 exemplar
Euripides 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Oresteia: Agamemnon / The Libation Bearers / The Eumenides (0458) — Tradutor, algumas edições — 10,148 exemplares
The Persians; Prometheus Bound; Seven Against Thebes; The Suppliants (0458) — Tradutor, algumas edições — 2,402 exemplares
Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles (0431) — Tradutor, algumas edições — 1,558 exemplares
3 Plays: Alcestis / Hippolytus / Iphigenia in Taurus (0438) — Tradutor, algumas edições — 640 exemplares
3 Plays: Bacchae / Hippolytus / Medea (0431) — Tradutor, algumas edições; Introdução, algumas edições — 148 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1907-01-16
- Data de falecimento
- 1997-08-24
- Sexo
- male
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Also by
- 11
- Membros
- 91
- Popularidade
- #204,136
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 9
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.… (mais)