Author: Sophocles; Vondel, Joost van den (trans.)
Title: Classic literature 1668 I J. v. d. Vondel Sofokles’ Herkules. Amsterdam, for the widow of Abraham de Wees, 1668, first edition, [8]+39+[1] pp.
Description: Modern cardboard binding. 195 x 155 mm, 4º: A-F#4. With printer’s mark (well) and “Elck zyn beurt” on title page. On flyleaf a label with “Geschenk van Dr. W.G.J. van Koeverden aan de bibliotheek van het aartsbisschoppelijk klein seminarie. December 1932” and a stamp from the ‘Bibliotheek Seminarie Apeldoorn.’First edition of Vondels translation of ‘Trachiniai’ (the young women from Trachis) by Sophocles. The story is about Deianeira, the wife of Herakles, who is unable to handle the fact that her husband came home with a mistress from his wanderings. She remembers a charm to make him fall in love with her again, but the product she uses is in reality an evil poison that makes Heracles mad: he jumps into a lake of fire to put an end to all of his sufferings. Consumed by despair and remorse Deianeira also commits suicide. The translation is dedicated to ‘Jakob Hinlopen Vermaes, out bewintheere der Groenlantsche Maetschappye.’ZKL0082

Keywords: Latin|Literature|Literature & Philosophy|Mythology