Rhesos
By: Euripides ; translated by Richard Emil Braun.
Contributors: Euripides.; Braun, Richard Emil, 1934-
Series: The Greek tragedy in new translations
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Rhesus (Legendary character) -- Drama; Soldiers -- Troy (Extinct city) -- Drama; Trojan War -- Drama
Description: An Athenian tragedy that belongs to the transmitted plays of Euripides. Its authorship has been disputed since antiquity, and the issue has invested modern scholarship since the 17th century when the play's authenticity was challenged, first by Joseph Scaliger and subsequently by others, partly on aesthetic grounds and partly on peculiarities in the play's vocabulary, style and technique. The conventional attribution to Euripides remains controversial. Rhesus takes place during the Trojan War, on the night when Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp. The same event is narrated in book 10 of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.