| Evidence: | 'I do not know how many Greek plays you intend publishing, but I have been working at Euripides a good deal lately and should of all things wish to edit either the Mad Hercules or the Phoenissae: plays with which I am well acquainted.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Oscar Wilde |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 16 Oct 1854 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Euripides |
| Title: | Phoenissae |
| Genre: | Classics, Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookUnknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18009 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Oscar Wilde | |
| Editor: | Merlin Holland | |
| Title: | The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 78 | |
| Additional comments: | Source is a letter to George Macmillan collected in The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, eds. Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis (NY: Henry Holt & Co., 2000) |
| Citation: | Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (ed.), The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (New York, 2000), p. 78, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18009, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
| Exactly when Wilde would have read these texts is uncertain, though it is likely to have been at university and in the original Greek. |
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