EURIPIDES. Alcestis - Andromache - Bacchae. 2nd ed. - Electra - Helen - Heracles…

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EURIPIDES. Alcestis - Andromache - Bacchae. 2nd ed. - Electra - Helen - Heracles - Ion - Iphigenia in Tauris - Medea - Ed. w. introd. & comm. by G.W. Bond, A.M. Dale, J.D. Denniston, E.R. Dodds, A.S. Owen, D.L. Page, M. Platnauer & P.T. Stevens. Oxford, (1960-81). 9 vols. Ocl. (2 w. dust-j.). -- Id. Heraclidae. Ed. w. introd. & comm. by J. Wilkins. 1993. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- Id. Hippolytos. Ed. by W.S. Barrett. 1964. Ocl. -- And 7 o. by/on E. (18).

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