Amphitryon

by Molière

Overview

After his wedding night with beautiful Alcmene, Amphitryon leaves to participate in a war. Jupiter, who is fascinated by Alcmene's beauty, come to earth under the appearance of Amphitryon, accompanied by Mercury who has taken the appearance of Amphitryon's servant Sosie. Amphitryon is successful in war and sends Sosie back home to report this. Sosie is greeted by his look-alike Mercury, who beats him and convinces him that he Mercury is the real Sosie.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781911495529
Publisher:	Interactive Media
Publication date:	07/18/2016
Series:	World Classics
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Richard Wilbur received his B.A. from Amherst College and an M.A. from Harvard. Wilbur's publications include six volumes of poetry and two collections of his selected verse, a volume of his collection verse, translations of Molière's four most outstanding verse plays, a collection of of his prose and two books for children

Editorial Reviews

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur's English verse translation of an amusing play which tells the story of Jupiter's successful ruse to bed the wife of the Theban general Amphitryon. No index or bibliography. Contains an afterword by Wilbur. Paper edition (unseen), $12.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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