'What I intend to do is wrong, but the rage of my heart is stronger than my reason – that is the cause of all men’s foulest crimes.'
Medea is the archetypal wronged woman driven to despair. When unc……続きを見る
Medea and Jason, clinging together as refugees in Corinth, have struggled to bring up their beloved offspring in this alien and unsympathetic society. Now Jason has a plan to better integrate himsel……続きを見る
Euripides' 'The Trojan Women' is a tragic play that delves into the aftermath of the Trojan War, focusing on the plight of the women left behind. The play explores themes of loss, suffering, and the……続きを見る
The Trojan Women
By Euripides
The consummation of a great conquest, a thing celebrated in paeans and thanksgivings, the very height of the day-dreams of the unregenerate man - it seems to be a great……続きを見る
This new translation of *The Bacchaeー*that strange blend of Aeschylean grandeur and Euripidean finesseーis an attempt to reproduce for the American stage the play as it most probably was when new a……続きを見る
In classical mythology, Phaethon is the child of the sun god Helios, who tries to drive his father's chariot and is killed in the attempt. Euripides explains how this happened: Helios had seduced Ph……続きを見る
