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Original Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
Book Title: Medea and Other Plays
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: European / General, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 1963
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 5.6 Oz
Author: Euripides
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
