David Grene (1913–2002)

Author of Greek Tragedies, Volume 1

41+ Works 3,046 Members 8 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: D Grene, Grene David, David Grene, ed David Grene, editor David Grene, David translator Grene, David Grene (Translated by)

Also includes: David (editor) Greene (7)

Disambiguation Notice:

Please do NOT combine this page with any of the various pages that include both Grene and Lattimore. Thank you.
Greek Tragedies, Volume I is NOT the same as Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I, Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I, etc.

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Series

Greek Tragedies

Works by David Grene

Popular Recent

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (1960) — Editor — 1,471 copies, 2 reviews

Greek tragedies, Volume 3 (1960) — Editor — 658 copies, 1 review

Greek tragedies, Volume 2 (1960) — Editor — 502 copies, 2 reviews

The Complete Greek tragedies (1992) — Editor and translator — 213 copies, 1 review

Of Farming and Classics: A Memoir (2006) 35 copies, 2 reviews

Greek Political Theory: The Image of Man in Thucydides and Plato (1965) 35 copies

Three Greek tragedies in translation (1946) — Editor — 19 copies

Euripides II: The complete Greek tragedies 16 copies

Euripides (The Complete Greek tragedies, v. 3-4) (1959) — Editor — 12 copies

Reality and the heroic pattern; last plays of Ibsen, Shakespeare, and Sophocles (1968) 10 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Vol 4, Euripedes II 9 copies

Man in his Pride (1950) 7 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides II, Volume IV (1959) — Editor — 7 copies

Greek Tragedies Volumes 1 - 3 (ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE, DRAMA, LITERARY HISTORY, THEATER HISTORY) (1970) — Editor — 6 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Euripides III, Volume Seven 4 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Euripides I, Volume Five 4 copies

Aeschylus — Editor — 3 copies

Thucydides The Peloponnesian War: The Tho. Hobbes Translation. 2 volume set (1959) 3 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Volume 1, Aeschylus 3 copies

The Actor in History: A Study in Shakespearean Stage Poetry (1988) 3 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. V, Euripides I 2 copies

Euripides III: Orestes, Iphigenia in Aulis, Electra, The Phoenician Women, The B (1963) — Editor — 2 copies

The History, Herodotus 2 copies

Sophocles II (The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. 4) (1957) 2 copies

Greek Tragedies 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus 2 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume II, Aeschylus II: The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes (The… 1 copy

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides I, II, III — Editor — 1 copy

Five Greek tragedies 1 copy

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes: 5 volumes 1 copy

Thucydides the Peloponnesian War Volume One (2016) 1 copy

Euripides I (Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus) 1 copy

Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae,… 1 copy

Sophocles 1: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone (2nd Edition) 1 copy

Sophocles 1 copy

Greek Tragedies 2: Aeschylus: The Libation Bearers; Sophocles: Electra; Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians,… 1 copy

Greek Tragedies: Volume 1 [Agamemnon;Prometheus Bound; Oedipus the King; Antigone; Hippolytus] 1 copy

Euripides 2 (Complete Greek Tragedies #6) 1 copy

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Selections: Vol 1 by David Grene (1-Jul-1991) Paperback (1600) 1 copy

Prometheus Bound 1 copy

The Seven Against Thebes 1 copy

The Authoress of the Odyssey 1 copy

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Associated Works

Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus (0442) — Translator, some editions; Editor, some editions — 13,597 copies, 51 reviews

The Oresteia: Agamemnon / The Libation Bearers / The Eumenides (0458) — Editor, some editions — 10,656 copies, 74 reviews

The Histories (0420) — Translator, some editions — 10,402 copies, 85 reviews

The History of the Peloponnesian War (0400) — Editor, some editions; Editor, some editions — 8,089 copies, 59 reviews

Oedipus Rex (0429) — Translator, some editions — 6,823 copies, 69 reviews

The Persians; Prometheus Bound; Seven Against Thebes; The Suppliants (0458) — Translator, some editions; Editor, some editions — 2,494 copies, 13 reviews

4 Plays: Alcestis / Children of Heracles / Hippolytus / Medea (1955) — Translator, some editions; Editor — 2,417 copies, 10 reviews

The Complete Plays of Sophocles (0005) — Editor, some editions — 2,266 copies, 16 reviews

Ajax; Electra; Philoctetes; Women of Trachis (0005) — Translator, some editions; Editor, some editions — 2,088 copies, 3 reviews

Electra, The Phoenician Women, The Bacchae (0408) — Editor, some editions — 1,294 copies, 6 reviews

Tragedies (0499) — Editor, some editions — 1,045 copies, 12 reviews

Euripides III: Hecuba, Andromache, The Trojan Women, Ion (The Complete Greek Tragedies) (Vol 5) (1958) — Editor, some editions; Editor — 676 copies, 5 reviews

4 Plays: Cyclops / Helen / Heracles / Iphigenia in Tauris (0438) — Editor, some editions — 427 copies, 1 review

An Anthology of Greek Drama: First Series (1949) — Translator, some editions — 136 copies, 2 reviews

The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides; and Prometheus Bound (0458) — some editions; Editor, some editions; Editor — 108 copies, 1 review

Sophocles (2010) — Editor, some editions — 85 copies

God and the Land: The Metaphysics of Farming in Hesiod and Vergil (1998) — Translator — 22 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume III: Euripides (1959) — Editor, some editions — 18 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. I: Aeschylus I, Agamemnon,Libation Bearers,Eumenides,Prometheus Bound (1942) — some editions; Editor, some editions — 16 copies

The Greeks and Us: Essays in Honor of Arthur W. H. Adkins (1996) — Contributor — 6 copies

AESCHYLUS II THE SUPPLIANT MAIDENS THE PERSIANS SEVEN AGAINST THEBES — Editor, some editions — 5 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles, Pt.1 v. 8 — Foreword — 4 copies

Euripides: Four Plays About Women (1973) — Editor — 3 copies

Sophocles I (Vol III: The Complete Greek Tragedies) Oedpius, the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone) (1954) — Translator, some editions — 2 copies

The Complete Greek Tragedies I Aeschylus — Translator, some editions — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Grene, David
Legal name: Grene, William David
Birthdate: 1913-04-13
Date of death: 2002-09-10
Burial location: Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland
Gender: male
Nationality: Ireland
Country (for map): Ireland
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Places of residence: Illinois, USA
County Wicklow, Ireland
Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland
Education: Trinity College, University of Dublin (BA|1934|MA|1936)
Occupations: classicist
professor
Relationships: Bloom, Allan (teacher)
Grene, Nicholas (son)
Grene, Ruth (daughter)
Grene, Gregory (son)
Grene, Andrew (son)
Organizations: University of Chicago
Disambiguation notice: Please do NOT combine this page with any of the various pages that include both Grene and Lattimore. Thank you.

Greek Tragedies, Volume I is NOT the same as Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I, Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I, etc.

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Reviews

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 by David Grene

Seriously, how can you give stars to a book like this? That would just be wrong and presumptuous somehow. That being said, I definitely enjoyed Antigone the most. Something about her just sang to me.

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beentsy | 1 other review | Aug 12, 2023 |

The Complete Greek tragedies by David Grene

I was impressed to discover this translation is still in print. While these stories aren't much fun, they are the foundation upon which much was later built. They are the Orestia; Agamemnon, Libation Bearers & Eumenides. Enjoy?

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DinadansFriend | Jan 26, 2016 |

Greek Tragedies, Volume 3 (Greek Tragedies) by Editor-David Grene; Editor-Richmond Lattimore

If you're a fan of the culture and/or literature of Ancient Greece, then this book is pretty much a must-read. It has five of the greatest surviving Greek tragedies from three of the most famous playwrights of the ancient world. More than that, the translations are superb and the notes, when needed to be included, are quite helpful,resulting in some of the best versions of these works that can be found anywhere. For those unfamiliar, I can also say that the stories are truly good in their own right, even all these centuries after they were written.… (more)

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TiffanyAK | Jan 2, 2013 |

Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 by David Grene

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