Euripides: Scenes from Rhesus and Helen [Paperback]

This school edition, originally published by Macmillan in 1962, was designed for post-beginners and has remained a basic standard text for GCSE or equivalent level students.

Extracts from two plays of Euripides,RhesusandHelen, are drawn from their iambic sections but interlinked by narrative and the subject matter of the choral lyrics is indicated in such a way as to give an idea of the entire plays.Notes give assistance with language and content, while the introduction covers Greek tragedy in general and questions of metre.There is also a full vocabulary and useful summaries.

This school edition of passages from two plays of Euripides, originally published by Macmillan, is furnished with introduction, notes, vocabulary and useful summaries of the lines and choruses omitted. The Helen in particular is suitable for use at GCSE level.

E.C. Kennedywas Classics Master at Malvern College, UK. WithA.R. Davis, he co-editedTwo Centuries of Roman Poetry, Two Centuries of Roman Prose,andEuripides: Scenes from Rhesus and Helen .

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
The Origin and Development of Tragedy
The Greek Theatre
Euripides
The Iambic Metre
Scansion
RHESUS
The Story of Dolon and Rhesus in Homer
Euripides' ' Rhesus'
Text
Notes
Appendix on the Text
HELEN
The Legend of Helen
Euripides' ' Helen '
Text
Notes
Appendix on the Text
VOCABULARY