Herakles (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) 2001.pdf

THE GREEK TRAGEDY
IN NEW TRANSLATIONS
GENERAL EDITORS
Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro
EURIPIDES: Herakles
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EURIPIDES
Herakles
Translated by
TOM SLEIGH
With Introduction and Notes by
CHRISTIAN WOLFF
OXTORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
2001
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicalion Data
Euripides.
[Hercules. English]
Herakles / Euripides / translated by Tom Sleigh, with introduction and notes by
Christian Wolff.
p. cm.—-(The Greek tragedy in new translations)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-19-515116-9
i. He'rcules (Greek mythology)— Drama. I. Sleigh, Tom, II. Wolff,
Christian, 1934- III. Title. IV. Series.
PA3975. H 5 '"S 58 2000
882'.01 — dc2i
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EDITORS' FOREWORD
"The Greek Tragedy in New 'Translations is based on the conviction
that poets like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides can only be prop-
erly rendered by translators who are themselves poets. Scholars may, it
is true, produce useful arid perceptive versions. But our most urgent
present need is for a re-creation of these plays —as though they had
been written, freshly and greatly, by masters fully at