Persians

Description:
Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust jacket condition: as new. Cover shows no wear; corners sharp. Octavo; xiv + 126 pp. First printing stated. Gilt lettering on black cloth boards. Embossed ex libris seal of previous owner on half-title page, with note in soft pencil; else, text is as new. Foreword by editor; introduction by Herington; endnotes and glossary elucidate passages of the text.

From jacket notes for the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series:
In these volumes, the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides are translated as never before by men and women who are themselves poets. Each poet-translator is also a classical scholar, or has collaborated with a well-known scholar. The resulting series re-creates the entire extant body of Greek tragedy as though it had been originally written by ancient masters wholly at home in the English language of our time.
Each translation, moreover, has been written as a theatrical work, to be performed. The language, rich and vivid as poetry, is equally effective as spoken dialogue.
Each volume includes a full critical introduction; commentary on difficult passages; stage directions; and a glossary of the mythical names and geographical references encountered in the dialogue.