Produced by Barbara Watson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net ((This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)) RHESUS THE ATHENIAN DRAMA FOR ENGLISH READERS A Series of Verse Translations of the Greek Dramatic Poets, with Commentaries and Explanatory Notes. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 7s. 6d. each net. Each Volume Illustrated from ancient Sculptures and Vase-Painting. AESCHYLUS: _The Orestean Trilogy._ By Prof. G. C. Warr. With an Introduction on _The Rise of Greek Tragedy_, and 13 Illustrations. SOPHOCLES: _OEdipus Tyrannus_ and _Coloneus_, and _Antigone_. By Prof. J. S. Phillimore. With an Introduction on _Sophocles and his Treatment of Tragedy_, and 16 Illustrations. EURIPIDES: _Hippolytus_; _Bacchae_; _Aristophanes' 'Frogs.'_ By Prof. Gilbert Murray. With an Appendix on _The Lost Tragedies of Euripides_, and an Introduction on _The Significance of the Bacchae in Athenian History_, and 12 Illustrations. [_Fifth Edition._ ALSO UNIFORM WITH THE ABOVE THE HOMERIC HYMNS. A New Prose Rendering by Andrew Lang, with Essays Critical and Explanatory, and 14 Illustrations. THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES Translated into English Rhyming Verse, with Explanatory Notes, by Prof. Gilbert Murray. _Hippolytus._ 14th Thousand. } _Bacchae._ 10th Thousand. } Paper Covers, 1s. _The Trojan Women._ 11th Th. } each net. _Electra._ 11th Thousand. } _Medea._ 8th Thousand. } Also crown 8vo, _Iphigenia in Tauris._ 6th Th. } cloth, gilt top, _The Frogs of Aristophanes._ 10th Thousand. } 2s. each net. _OEdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles._ 12th Thousand. } [Illustration] THE RHESUS OF EURIPIDES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH RHYMING VERSE WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES BY GILBERT MURRAY LL.D., D. Litt., F.B.A. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & COMPANY, LTD. 44 & 45 RATHBONE PLACE 1913 [All rights reserved] Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh INTRODUCTION