Orestes / Euripides ; translated by Kenneth McLeish.
| Author/creator | Euripides author. |
| Other author | McLeish, Kenneth, 1940-1997, translator. |
| Other author | Euripides |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London : Bloomsbury, [2013] |
| Copyright Date | ©2013 |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Drama online |
| Subjects |
| Summary | In a story of murder, passion and vengeance, Orestes, having murdered his mother, the unfaithful Klytemnestra, now vows a plot of revenge against his uncle Menelaos, who has refused to offer moral support for the vengeful matricide carried out by Orestes and his sister Elektra. With blood already on their hands, they plot to murder Helen, Menelaos' wife, and Hermione, his daughter, in a near-unstoppable cycle of vengeance and bloodshed. |
| General note | Previously issued in print: in Plays four. London: Methuen Drama, 1997. |
| General note | Translated from the Ancient Greek. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2013). |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9781408190883.00000007 |