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from the Greek Tragedians, by Alfred Church
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Title: Stories from the Greek Tragedians
Author: Alfred Church
Release Date: February 9, 2005 [EBook #14994]
Language: English
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[Illustration: THE CHARIOT OF ZEUS]
Stories from the Greek Tragedians
By the
REV. ALFRED J. CHURCH, M.A.
AUTHOR OF
"Stories from Homer" and "Stories from Virgil"
With Twenty Illustrations from Designs
by FLAXMAN and Others
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
Publishers
PREFACE.
I have added to the "Story of the Seven Chiefs against Thebes" the description of the single combat between Eteocles and Polynices, which occurs in the Phoenissæ of Euripides. Some changes have been made in the "Story of Ion" to make it more suitable for the purpose of this book. Throughout the Stories compression and omission have been freely used. I can only ask the indulgence of such of my readers as may be familiar with the great originals of which I have given these pale and ineffectual copies.
RETFORD,
Octo
Stories from the Greek Tragedians
by Rev. Alfred J. Church