Euripides' Alcestis: A New Version by Ted Hughes, Euripides
Euripides' Alcestis: A New Version

Ted Hughes, Euripides

Euripides' Alcestis: A New Version

Ted Hughes, Euripides with Euripides (Translator)

83 pages first pub 439 (view editions)

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Alcestis is the tale of a queen sacrificing herself so her husband may live. Ted Hughes' classical translation was his final work, completed just before he died. As with his other works, it goes beyond its remit and is an inspired retelling of the...

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