Nach dem Misserfolg der Wolken 423 hat Aristophanes mit den Wespen 422 schwungvoll neue Resonanz gesucht und gefunden. Zentralfiguren der Komödie sind der seiner Heliastenrolle …
Bei einer Zwischenlandung der griechischen Troiakämpfer auf der Insel Chryse wurde Philoktet, der den Bogen des Herakles besitzt, von einer Schlange am Bein gebissen. Der Biss …
This edition of Euripides' Medea offers a detailed introduction, a newly revised Greek text (with linguistic explanations), a German prose translation and a detailed commentary on …
Aristophanes' Lysistrate is one of the great political comedies of world literature. It was performed in Athens in 411 BC at a Dionysus festival during the Peloponnesian War …
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is one of the best-known of all ancient tragedies. A history of its far-reaching and diverse impact can be documented in both European and non-European …
In the heyday of Greek tragedy, each of the three playwrights who competed for victory in the tragedy competition at the Great Dionysia, the most important Dionysus festival in …
In Euripides' drama, Hippolytus angers Aphrodite, the goddess of love, so much by worshiping the hunting goddess Artemis that she makes his Stepmother, Phaedra fall in love with …
The text used for this edition of Euripides' Hecuba is based on the editor's own manuscript studies; a prose translation, introduction and detailed commentary are provided. The …
Den Mythos davon, dass Orestes und Elektra für ihren getöteten Vater Agamemnon Rache nehmen und seine Mörderin, ihre eigene Mutter Klytaimestra, umbringen, haben die drei …
The Greek text of Euripides Alcestis has been critically edited for this bilingual edition; the prose translation attempts to follow it verse by verse. The commentary, which …
