Euripides

Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. He is also remarkable for the prominence he gave to...

Renowned poet and acclaimed translator Charles Martin faithfully captures Euripides's dramatic tone and style in this searing tale of revenge and sacrifice.The Medea of Euripides is one of the greatest of all Greek tragedies and arguably the one with the most significance today. A...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Sheila Murnaghan's new translation of the great Greek tragedy of betrayal, revenge, and murder, set in Corinth in the fifth-century B.C.E. - A full introduction and explanatory annotations by Sheila Murnaghan. - Ancient perspectives on the unforgettable plot...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Author: EuripidesISBN-13: 9798888560082Publisher: Broadway Play PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2025Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d

The story of a futile quest for knowledge, this ancient anti-war drama is one of the neglected plays within the corpus of Greek tragedy. Euripides' shortest tragic work, Rhesos is unique in lacking a prologue, provoking some scholars to the conclusion that the beginning...

The only surviving play of Euripides based on misfortunes of the Trojan generation, focusing on the character Rhesus, a minor character in Homer's Iliad.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as...

Rhesus is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. The play is set during the Trojan War and follows the story of Rhesus, a Thracian king who allies with the Trojans against the Greeks. The play begins with the Greek warrior Odysseus...

Scenes From Euripides: The Cyclops (1890) is a play by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. The play is a retelling of the myth of Odysseus and his encounter with the Cyclops Polyphemus. In the play, Odysseus and his men are shipwrecked on the island...

This translation shows the striking interplay of voices in Euripides' 'Suppliant Women'. Torn between the mothers' lament over the dead and proud civic eulogy, between calls for a just war and grief for the fallen, the play captures the competing poles of the human...

Of Euripides' roughly ninety-two plays, only seventeen tragedies survive. Both ridiculed and lauded during his life, Euripides now stands as one of the greatest innovators of Greek drama. Collected here are ten of Euripides' most important tragedies in prose translation by Edward P. Coleridge....

The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life.In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy.For the first...

The Alcestis of Euripides is a classic Greek tragedy written by the renowned playwright Euripides. The play tells the story of Admetus, the king of Thessaly, who is granted the gift of immortality by the god Apollo, but with a catch. Admetus must find...

Euripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the Athens' City Dionysia dramatic competitions in 441 BC. He would be awarded this honor three more times in his life, and once more posthumously. His plays are often ironic, pessimistic,...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Euripides' powerful investigation of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it is an argument for moderation, rejecting the lures of pure reason as well as pure sensuality. Plays for Performance Series.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 1566630673ISBN-13: 9781566630672Publisher: Ivan R. Dee PublisherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1996Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.50h...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

"The Bacchae of Euripides" is a cornerstone of classical literature, a powerful Greek tragedy exploring themes of religious ecstasy, divine vengeance, and the dangers of repressed desires. Penned by Euripides, this ancient Greek drama plunges into the world of Dionysus, the god of wine...

A horrifying play of drugs and drink. from the 5th century BC, all too relevant for today CALLENDER CLASSICAL TEXTSAuthor: EuripidesISBN-10: 1291420088ISBN-13: 9781291420081Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2013Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.30d

The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Orestes, and Rhesuscompletes the new editions of Euripides in Penguin Classics.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 0140440445ISBN-13: 9780140440447Publisher: Penguin GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/1954Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 7.74h x...

Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation, while...

The Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that...

Authoritatively translated by scholar and academic Gilbert Murray, this edition of Bacchae by Euripides is of high quality, allowing the reader ease of interpretation. Famously premiered at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 B.C., this play is concerned with displaying two sides of human...

The background represents the front of the Castle of Pentheus, King of Thebes. At one side is visible the sacred Tomb of Semel , a little enclosure overgrown with wild vines, with a cleft in the rocky floor of it from which there issues...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Authoritatively translated by scholar and academic Gilbert Murray, this edition of Bacchae by Euripides is of high quality, allowing the reader ease of interpretation. Famously premiered at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 B.C., this play is concerned with displaying two sides of human...

The Bacchae of Euripides is a classic Greek tragedy that explores the conflict between reason and emotion, civilization and primal instincts. This edition, published in 1871, includes a revised text of the play and a detailed commentary by the author, Euripides. The play follows...

The Bacchae of Euripides is a classic Greek tragedy that tells the story of the god Dionysus and his revenge against the city of Thebes. This edition, published in 1871, includes a revised text and a commentary by the renowned scholar Euripides. The play...

The Bacchae of Euripides is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. This particular edition was published in 1880 and includes critical and explanatory notes. The play tells the story of the god Dionysus, who returns to his birthplace in Thebes to...

Euripides' powerful investigation of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it is an argument for moderation, rejecting the lures of pure reason as well as pure sensuality. Plays for Performance Series.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 1566630681ISBN-13: 9781566630689Publisher: Rlpg/GalleysLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1996Pages: 64Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.83h x 5.88w x...

One of the shortest plays in Greek drama, The Children of Herakles offers enough action for two or three plays of normal length. But this very richness and complexity have made the play elusive, subject to dismissive readings, and extraordinarily difficult to translate; in...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order...

Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, a powerful examination of the horror and beauty of Dionysiac ecstasy; Herakles, translated by Tom Sleigh and Christian Wolff, a violent...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...

The Grene and Lattimore edition of the Greek tragedies has been among the most widely acclaimed and successful publications of the University of Chicago Press. On the occasion of the Centennial of the University of Chicago and its Press, we take pleasure in reissuing...

The Cyclops is one of the few surviving satyr plays from ancient Greece, and this translation by E. P. Coleridge brings Euripides' work to life for modern readers. The play tells the story of Odysseus and his crew as they encounter the Cyclops Polyphemus....

The Cyclops of Euripides is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides, which was first performed in Athens in 408 BC. The play is a satirical take on the popular myth of the Cyclops, a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology. The plot...

"The Cyclops" by Euripides, illustrated by On駸imo ColavidasThe Cyclops is the only surviving satirical drama by Euripides, a fifth-century BC. poet in Greece. Euripides interprets a passage from Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, also known as Ulysses, fights against the giant Polyphemus. Odysseus' ship...

Euripides' Electra is a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles' version of the Electra story.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 1533000743ISBN-13: 9781533000743Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2016Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

"The Hecuba" is a classic Greek tragedy by Euripides, offering a powerful and enduring exploration of grief, vengeance, and the consequences of war. The play centers on Hecuba, the former queen of Troy, as she grapples with the aftermath of the Trojan War and...

"The Hecuba Of Euripides" presents a timeless exploration of suffering, revenge, and the human condition. Euripides, one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece, crafts a powerful narrative centered on Hecuba, the former queen of Troy, as she grapples with the devastating consequences of...

This collection of plays from Euripides includes four tragedies that explore themes of revenge, grief, and the consequences of rash action. The titular characters each face their own trials and tribulations, and the plays offer a glimpse into life in ancient Greece.This work has...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

The Ion of Euripides is a Greek tragedy written by the ancient playwright Euripides. The play tells the story of Ion, a young man who works as a temple servant at the shrine of Apollo in Delphi. Ion has always believed that he is...