{"product_id":"heracles-and-other-plays","title":"Heracles and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlcestis    *    Heracles  *    Children of Heracles    * Cyclops  Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal.  The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick humour that characterized the genre. \n\u003cbr\u003eThere is death in Alcestis, which explores the marital relationship of Alcestis and Admetus with pathos and grim humour, but whose status as tragedy is subverted by a happy ending. The blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep\n\u003cbr\u003eemotional pain and undeserved suffering; its demand for a more humanistic ethics in the face of divine indifference and callousness makes it one of Euripides' more popular and profound plays.  Children of Heracles is a rich and complex work, famous for its dialogues and monologues, in which the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them are movingly explored. In Cyclops Euripides takes the familiar story of Odysseus' escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus\n\u003cbr\u003eand turns it to hilarious comic effect.   Euripides' other plays are all available in Oxford World's Classics.  ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made\n\u003cbr\u003eavailable the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46059689574638,"sku":"9780199555093","price":21.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199555093.jpg?v=1736502343","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/heracles-and-other-plays","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}