Although classical drama has been translated before, this new collection is unique. The translations are modern in their poetry; the translations include poets as well as classicists; and the collection includes at least one example of every known type of ancient Greek and Latin drama. Plays included are "The Danaids" and "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus; "Philoctetes" by Sophocles; "The Bacchai" and "Cyclops" by Euripides; "Peace" by Aristophanes; "The Rope" by Plautus; "Thyestes" by Seneca.