Description:
This is a study of Euripides' "Hecuba" in English, a play dominated by the vengeance which Hecuba takes on the faithless Polymestor, and explores in a complex and profound manner the potential of revenge as a subject for tragedy.
Brief description: Judith Mossman is Professor Emerita at Coventry University. She specialises in Greek literature of the fifth century BC and the second/third century AD and is the author of two books and multiple edited volumes and articles on Euripides and Plutarch. She is currently Professor Emerita of Classics at Coventry University.
Review Quotes:
"A delight to read. All Greek is translated clearly ... and Mossman's language throughout is refreshingly jargon-free and lucid." --JACT Review
"Deserves its accolades ... well-written, well-argued and shows scholarly integrity." --American Journal of Philology "A judicious, sane and carefully conceived book ... yeilds many insights into this often problemic tragedy, and both students and teachers will find [it] fruitful reading." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review "A book-length literary study of a single tragedy is a comparatively rare phenomenon. When undertaken by a critic as clear-sighted and undogmatic as Mossman, it is a valuable undertaking ... The book contains a series of finely-nuanced discussions, and is carefully structured." --Classics Quarterly