The Alcestis of Euripides (Murray 1920)

by Euripides

For other English-language translations of this work, see Alcestis (Euripides).

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THE

ALCESTIS

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: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.

RUSKIN HOUSE 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C. 1

Contents (not listed in original)

• Introduction
• Characters
• Text of the Play
• Notes

First published	August,	1915
Reprinted	May,	1917
Reprinted	January,	1920

 

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Hippolytus.	22nd	Thousand.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Paper Covers, 1s. 6d. each net. Also crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 2s. 6d. each net.
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