Euripides
Subtitle: Phoenissae (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)
Contributors: Donald J. Mastronarde (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 681
ISBN-13: 9780521604468
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; General; Drama-Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology)--Drama
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