Euripides: Suppliant Women

†James Morwood was Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Among his numerous publications are translations of eleven plays by Euripides in the Oxford World’s Classics series and The Plays of Euripides (Bristol Classical Press, 2002).

• General Editor's ForewordEditor's PrefaceIntroduction:1. Plot, themes and motifs2. Politics and character3a. King Theseus and democratic Athens3b. Theseus, Herakles and Kimon4. Athenian funeral encomia and Adrastos' oration5. The play's geography5a. Eleusis5b. Thebes5c. Argos6. The myth and its reception7. Date8. The text and translationBibliography and Abbreviations for Suppliant WomenMap: The Greece of the playSuppliant Women: Greek text with parallel translationCommentaryAppendix: The Argive women and Athenian mourning legislationGeneral BibliographyIndex

'The many qualities of this volume will enable numerous readers to enjoy the discovery of this magnificent play which, as James Morwood reminds us, has too long been considered as a minor work by Euripides, a play of political propaganda. Each part of the book, the Introduction, Translation and Commentary, aims to facilitate reading and stimulate interest, without drowning the reader in technical details concerning Euripides language or the editing of his work.'Aurelie Wach, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2007