Euripides Heracles
by:
Euripides (author)
Martin Cropp (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780929524092 (0929524098)
Publish date: January 30th 1987
Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries
Pages no: 126
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
Cultural,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Greece,
Ancient,
Tragedy,
Mythology,
Fiction
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