Euripides: Medea and Electra: A Companion to the Penguin Translation (Classical Studies")

Euripides was noted for his sensitive portrayals of women and for finding a sympathetic side to those whom the stock mythology tended to see as evil monsters. This volume contains an introduction outlining the background of Athenian tragedy followed by a line-by line commentary based on the translation of Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics).