Book, Helen of Euripides and her double[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. In Egypt, where she remains throughout the war between the Greeks and Trojans, the real Helen continues to wait faithfully for her husband, Menelaus, to come and rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a specter created by the gods - ruins the reputation of the authentic woman who, without committing the acts for which she is famous, cannot avoid the negative opinion that society gives her. With the disappearance of the false Helen, Menelaus finally recovers his wife, and the real Helen devises a brilliant stratagem that she had taken? the couple return home in triumph. Helena, by Euripides, and His Double, which Perspectiva publishes in its collection Signos, brings the classic play in translation by Trajano Vieira, author also of the inspired and inspiring introductory essay, in addition to the Greek text, composing an edition worthy of extraordinary creation that, even today, baffles critics for refusing to follow the canons of what would be a good Athenian drama. Whether understood as a tragedy or a romantic tragicomedy, Euripides' masterpiece reveals itself to be more contemporary every day.