Bøker av Emma Griffiths

Euripides' play "Herakles" presents a very different portrait of the eponymous hero from that of popular imagination. This text analyses the key themes and characters while situating the drama in the wider context of Greek tragedy and mythology.

A guide to sources that paints a vivid portrait of the Greek sorceress Medea, famed in myth for the murder of her children after she is banished from her own home and replaced by a new wife. This book brings into focus themes of the Medea myth, and provides an introduction to the story and its history.