Produced by Barbara Watson, James Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net THE TROJAN WOMEN 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. [_Second 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. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. each net. _The Trojan Women._ _Electra._ [_In the Press._ _Hippolytus._ Third Edition. } Paper Covers, Impl. _Bacchae._ } 16mo, 1s. each net. THE TROJAN WOMEN OF EURIPIDES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH RHYMING VERSE WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES BY GILBERT MURRAY, M.A., LL.D. EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW; SOMETIME FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD LONDON GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD 1905 [All rights reserved] Printed by BALLANTYNE HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press INTRODUCTORY NOTE