Euripides’ Alcestis
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Euripides’ Alcestis: Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Essay
Published by William ＆ Mary Press
Euripides’ Alcestis, a fifth-century Greek tragedy, explores the themes of love, friendship, sacrifice, and the fragility of life. This translation, Euripides’ Alcestis: Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Essay, offers readers a clear and contemporary version of the play, with context-giving notes, along with an overall interpretative essay on the play.
The book has found its home primarily in college classrooms, reaching students at the educational level it was designed for. By serving as a course resource, it’s shaping how the next generation of learners engages with the subject matter.
Traditional publishing has changed, creating fewer opportunities to publish a translation, with notes, essay, and intro, of a single play. A digital version provided presentational formats that print didn’t and made this work available to everyone. The expertise the author had access to by publishing with W&M Libraries’ W&M Press was terrific, and created broader access to their work. The experience of producing a digital version will make you revisit a host of issues about how best to present your information. To all the colleagues who are considering working with the libraries, the author would say, quoting a famous ad, “just do it!”