Identifier: greekdramas00aesc (find matches)
Title: Greek dramas
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861, tr Potter, R. (Robert), 1721-1804, tr Jebb, R. C, (Richard Claverhouse), 1841-1905, tr Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784, tr Way, Arthur S, (Arthur Sanders), 1847-1930, tr Hickie, W. J., tr Perrin, Bernadotte, ed
Subjects: English drama Greek drama Translations into English English drama Translation from Greek
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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