Euripides

[cimorene]

I read Anne Carson's Bakkhai yesterday and then Medea translated by Oliver Taplin (University of Chicago Complete Greek Tragedies series).

And I did like the style of Taplin's translation, unlike all the old verse translations I've tried and quickly discarded so far.

But I liked Anne Carson's better. She hasn't done Medea though, and I wanted to start with that. Apparently she has done "ten ancient Greek tragedies – one by Aeschylus (Agamemnon), two by Sophocles (Antigone, Electra), and seven by Euripides (Alcestis, Hecuba, Herakles, Hippolytus, Iphigenia in Tauris, Orestes, and The Bacchae)" (according to Wikipedia).

Comments

[lobelia321]

Interesting

[cimorene]

It may reward me better to follow the translator with the right vibe rather than go by the original author.