RHESUS
THE ATHENIAN DRAMA
FOR ENGLISH READERS
A Series of Verse Translations of the Greek
Dramatic Poets, with Commentaries and
Explanatory Notes.
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AESCHYLUS: The Orestean Trilogy. By Prof.G. C. Warr. With an Introduction on TheRise of Greek Tragedy, and 13 Illustrations.
SOPHOCLES: Œdipus Tyrannus and Coloneus,and Antigone. By Prof. J. S. Phillimore.With an Introduction on Sophocles and hisTreatment of Tragedy, and 16 Illustrations.
EURIPIDES: Hippolytus; Bacchae; Aristophanes''Frogs.' By Prof. Gilbert Murray.With an Appendix on The Lost Tragedies ofEuripides, and an Introduction on The Significanceof the Bacchae in Athenian History, and12 Illustrations. [Fifth Edition.
ALSO UNIFORM WITH THE ABOVE
THE HOMERIC HYMNS. A New ProseRendering by Andrew Lang, with EssaysCritical and Explanatory, and 14 Illustrations.
THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES
Translated into English Rhyming Verse, withExplanatory Notes, by Prof. Gilbert Murray.
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THE
RHESUS
OF
EURIPIDES
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH RHYMING VERSE
WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES BY
GILBERT MURRAY
LL.D., D. Litt., F.B.A.
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON
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1913
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INTRODUCTION
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