Title

Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis

Authors

Donald Richardson
Scott Richardson, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

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Description

There have been some excellent efforts by modern translators in rendering the choral parts of Aristophanes’ comedies as discernibly entertaining songs, but so far there has been little serious endeavor toward doing the same with the songs of tragedy. This translation is an attempt to do that. The songs herein are unmistakably songs. The content, tone, and themes of each are strictly Euripides’; their formats and musical idioms are modern.

Because this is not a line-for-line translation and because we have taken liberties with the lyrics, we are calling this an adaptation rather than a translation. In our own minds it is a translation, however, for it is more in keeping with the spirit of Iphigenia at Aulis than any other version we know of.

Music has been composed for all the songs. It has been arranged for keyboard, guitar, bass, and drums and is available through either collaborator upon request. [from the Preface]

ISBN

0819167541 9780819167545

Publication Date

1988

Publisher

University Press of America

City

Lanham, MD

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Classical Literature and Philology | Classics | Theatre and Performance Studies

Recommended Citation

Richardson, Donald, and Scott Richardson. Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1988.

Comments

Adapted for the modern stage by Donald and Scott Richardson