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Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides by Euripides
5.0
Stunning. Freakishly beautiful. Full of the shadows of violence and desire, surrounded by grief and rage. Anne Carson and Euripides entwined, like all the best writer-translator pairs. Carson's two included essays and her prefaces for each play are masterpieces in themselves.
You may be familiar with the first words of the preface: "Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief." If you held your breath for that sentence, you'll hold your breath for the whole book.
No prior classics knowledge required, just the ability to navigate a basic script and perhaps the Googling of a couple myths to set the scene.
You may be familiar with the first words of the preface: "Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief." If you held your breath for that sentence, you'll hold your breath for the whole book.
No prior classics knowledge required, just the ability to navigate a basic script and perhaps the Googling of a couple myths to set the scene.