Books in the Euripides, Herakles 2 Volume Paperback Set series

Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's edition of Herakles was published in 1895. In volume 1 the German philologist delivers a detailed reading and interpretation of Euripides' classic tragedy. The author also provides a thorough account of the overall context in which the tragedy unfolds and translates Euripides' Greek verse into German.

Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's edition of Herakles was published in 1895. Volume 2 contains Moellendorf's commentary on the etymological, historical and dramatic details of Euripides' interpretation of Herakles' fate. He emphasises that the modern reader or spectator has to make full use of the imagination to appreciate the play's religious context.