"A good little book. Kovacs argues that Euripides portrays characters who adhere to traditional heroic values, and gods who exhibit traditional Olympian virtues and vices. [The] features of this book which I find most novel are common sense, comprehension of Greek, and a style which is free of jargon and affectation and carries a message which is simple, comprehensible, and for the most part right."-- American Journal of Philology.