Francis Blessington is a professor of English at
Northeastern University in Boston. He is the author of several
books of poetry and scholarship and has published translations of
Euripides’ The Bacchae and Aristophanes’ The Frogs.
Euripides (480–406 BC) was the author of at least
ninety tragedies in classical Athens. He was innovative in his
portrayal of the inner lives of characters and in his compassionate
representations of victims of society, including women.
"The admirable new translation [of Trojan Women] by Francis
Blessington is notable for its clarity and dark eloquence."--Boston
Globe
"These lively, accurate translations will allow readers and theater
audiences to appreciate the power of Euripidean tragedy.
Blessington's language is spare and his translation fairly literal,
allowing direct--sometimes punchy--delivery while retaining poetic
expressions from the Greek."--Francis Dunn, author of Tragedy's
End
"Admirable. . . . Blessington succeeds in making these plays feel
like poetry . . . all the while remaining true to the
Greek."--Classics for All
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