- Title Pages
- Dedication
- <i>Preface</i>
- <i>Contributors</i>
- <b>Introduction</b>
- 1 Remembering our Grandfather I
- Remembering our Grandfather II
- 2 A Broken Mirror: Gilbert Murray's Reflections of an Australian Childhood
- 3 Gilbert Murray on Greek Literature: The Great/Greek Man's Burden<sup></sup>
- 4 Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion*
- 5 Gilbert Murray's Greek Editions
- 6 Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy
- 7 From the Court to the National: The Theatrical Legacy of Gilbert Murray's <i>Bacchae</i> *
- 8 Gilbert Murray and A. E. Housman
- 9 ‘<i>Macte nova virtute, puer!</i>’: Gilbert Murray as Mentor and Friend to J. A. K. Thomson
- 10 Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the Theory and Practice of Politics
- 11 Gilbert Murray and International Politics
- 12 Retrieving Cosmos: Gilbert Murray's Thought on International Relations
- 13 The Classicist as Liberal Intellectual: Gilbert Murray and Alfred Eckhard Zimmern*
- 14 ‘That Living Voice’: Gilbert Murray at the BBC
- 15 ‘Yours Obediently, Gilbert Murray’: Letters to <i>The Times</i>
- 16 Gilbert Murray and Psychic Research
- <i>Bibliography</i>
- <i>Index</i>
Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy
Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy
- Chapter:
- (p.133) 6 Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy
- Source:
- Gilbert Murray Reassessed
- Author(s):
James Morwood
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses Murray's work as a translator of Greek tragedy, examining the linguistic and dramatic aspects of his translations, and emphasizing the scale of his achievement in bringing tragedy to an greater audience. The chapter mentions his translations of Euripides' Hippolytus, Electra, and the The Trojan Women.
Keywords: Murray, Greek tragedy, Euripides, Hippolytus, Electra, The Trojan Women
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- <i>Preface</i>
- <i>Contributors</i>
- <b>Introduction</b>
- 1 Remembering our Grandfather I
- Remembering our Grandfather II
- 2 A Broken Mirror: Gilbert Murray's Reflections of an Australian Childhood
- 3 Gilbert Murray on Greek Literature: The Great/Greek Man's Burden<sup></sup>
- 4 Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion*
- 5 Gilbert Murray's Greek Editions
- 6 Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy
- 7 From the Court to the National: The Theatrical Legacy of Gilbert Murray's <i>Bacchae</i> *
- 8 Gilbert Murray and A. E. Housman
- 9 ‘<i>Macte nova virtute, puer!</i>’: Gilbert Murray as Mentor and Friend to J. A. K. Thomson
- 10 Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the Theory and Practice of Politics
- 11 Gilbert Murray and International Politics
- 12 Retrieving Cosmos: Gilbert Murray's Thought on International Relations
- 13 The Classicist as Liberal Intellectual: Gilbert Murray and Alfred Eckhard Zimmern*
- 14 ‘That Living Voice’: Gilbert Murray at the BBC
- 15 ‘Yours Obediently, Gilbert Murray’: Letters to <i>The Times</i>
- 16 Gilbert Murray and Psychic Research
- <i>Bibliography</i>
- <i>Index</i>
