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EURIPIDES. Feniciaensche, of Gebroeders van Thebe. Treurspel. Verduitscht door J.v. Vondel. Amsterdam, Voor de weduwe van Abraham de Wees, 1668. 4to. 63,(1 blank) p. New plain wrappers. 20 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 842171703; Geerebaert 37,2; OiN 175, Unger 706) (Details: Woodcut printer's mark on the title) (Condition: Title page somewhat dustsoiled. Last leaf, once loose, reattached) (Note: First edition of the Dutch verse translation of Euripides' tragedy 'the Phoenissae', made by the Dutch poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel, 1587-1679, one of the most important authors of the Dutch Golden Age. In the preface of the play Vondel argues that this tragedy is about tiranny, and uncontrolable lust for power, which leads to terrible bloodshed. Vondel tells us also that the famous Dutch jurist Hugo de Groot sent him once a copy of his Latin translation of this piece, which he had translated when he was sentenced to life imprisonment, after a trial by a court of partisan judges, delegated from the States General. Grotius' present and its accompanying laudatory letter inspired Vondel to translate the 'Phoenissae', 'de kroon van alle Euripides werken' into Dutch. § In the preface to another play of Euripides, the 'Iphigenia in Tauren', which Vondel had translated previously (Amsterdam 1666), Vondel explained why he translated these ancient works. It is because, he says, orators in politics and in church learn their trade from Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Seneca, Terentius et alii. And did not we hear how the learned Vossius explained what knowledge of physics, ethics, politics, and history lay hidden in their wisdom?) (Collation: A - H-4) (Photographs on request)
Book number: 157776 Euro 85.00

Keywords: (Oude Druk), (Rare Books), Dutch imprints, Dutch literature, Dutch translations, Euripides, Greek literature, Griechische Literatur, Joost van den Vondel, Niederländische Literatur, Phoenissae, Phoinissai, Taurus, Tragödie, antiquity antike altertum, tragedy
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