Description: This elegant and uncommonly readable translation will make these seminal Greek tragedies accessible to a new generation of readers.
Brief description: Ruth Fainlight is a noted British poet, short story writer, translator and librettist. Among her many honors are a 1987 Hawthornden Fellowship and the 1994 Cholmondeley Award for Poetry. Her libretto for the Royal Opera House's Garden Venture program of new opera was short-listed for the Laurence Olivier Award in 1992.
Review Quotes: These graceful translations are quite appealing.
--Brad Levett, Mouseion: Journal of Classical Association of Canada