by Eurípides, Cristóbal Barea Torres · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788469100769
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«Alcestis» is the tragedy by Euripides with a translation by Cristóbal Barea Torres, published in paperback (71 pages, in Spanish).
The tragedy presents the sacrifice of Alcestis, wife of King Admetus, who agrees to die to save her husband; Heracles then intervenes to bring her back from Hades. With a tone that blends drama and fable, Euripides reflects on conjugal loyalty, hospitality, and the price of life.
Translation and edition by Cristóbal Barea Torres, published in 2008.
An accessible edition for those approaching classical Greek tragedy for the first time.
Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy whose name is ascribed to surviving plays. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Nineteen plays attributed to Euripides have survived more or less complete, although one of these (Rhesus) is often considered not to be genuinely his work. Many fragments survive from most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declined: he became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander.
