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oapen-20.500.12657-470362021-03-04T11:27:03Z Women of Trachis Kitzinger, Rachel Grennan, Eamon Greek antiquity gender roles bic Book Industry Communication::F Fiction & related items This new translation of Sophokles’ Women of Trachis is a living script in conversation with the past. Rachel Kitzinger, a Classicist, and Eamon Grennan, a poet, have captured the tones of ancient Greek in strong, swift English, making this translation suitable for a modern audience, whether as readers, listeners, or viewers. The unique addition of an audio recording of the text performed by Vassar College students contributes to the play's accessibility and vividness. Offering a picture both of domestic life and of the values and expectations that characterize Athenian men, Women of Trachis is a rich resource for those interested in gender roles in Greek antiquity. 2021-03-04T08:42:41Z 2021-03-04T08:42:41Z 2021 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47036 eng application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781643150314.epub Lever Press 10.3998/mpub.12159971 10.3998/mpub.12159971 ef2222a7-42fd-4619-af89-7b20915b4b05 150 open access
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This new translation of Sophokles’ Women of Trachis is a living script in conversation with the past. Rachel Kitzinger, a Classicist, and Eamon Grennan, a poet, have captured the tones of ancient Greek in strong, swift English, making this translation suitable for a modern audience, whether as readers, listeners, or viewers. The unique addition of an audio recording of the text performed by Vassar College students contributes to the play's accessibility and vividness. Offering a picture both of domestic life and of the values and expectations that characterize Athenian men, Women of Trachis is a rich resource for those interested in gender roles in Greek antiquity.
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