Euripides - Plays & Playwrights 1

Experience the Timeless Drama of Euripides' Tragedies in 'The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.'Prepare to be immersed in the profound depths of human emotion and the timeless themes of fate, love, ……続きを見る

“Las Troyanas” es una de las más conocidas tragedias de Eurípides. En ella pone en escena el último día de la destrucción de Troya, con el sufrimiento de las mujeres troyanas y el saqueo de los venc……続きを見る

Estrenada en Atenas en el 428 a.C., “Hipólito” es una de las más afamadas tragedias escritas por Eurípides. En la mitología, Hipólito, gran amante de la caza y las artes violentas, veneraba a la dio……続きを見る

Lysistrata by Aristophanes is a classic Greek comedy that presents a bold and humorous take on the role of women in society and the nature of war. The play follows the character Lysistrata, a strong……続きを見る

Medea by Euripides is one of the most powerful and enduring tragedies of ancient Greek literature. The play centers on Medea, a sorceress and former princess of Colchis, who finds herself betrayed b……続きを見る

Experience the Tragic Masterpiece 'Medea' by EuripidesPrepare to be mesmerized by the timeless tale of passion, betrayal, and revenge with Euripides' classic play, 'Medea.' In this gripping tragedy,……続きを見る

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book were selected, as a result of numer……続きを見る

Euripides' "Medea" is a profound exploration of passion, revenge, and the complex dynamics of love and betrayal. Written in the 5th century BCE, this tragic play employs a stark, evocative style tha……続きを見る

Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus 'One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen' Robert Fagles This selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figure……続きを見る

This up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes ……続きを見る

There's no decent way to say an indecent thing An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once queen, watches as her rema……続きを見る

Euripides' "The Trojan Women" offers a poignant exploration of the devastating consequences of war and the plight of women caught in the aftermath of conflict. Set against the backdrop of the fall o……続きを見る

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price At the whim of Dionysos, a son is torn to pieces by his own mother during the famous women-only Bacchanalian ritual. The story of reve……続きを見る

Euripides' classic story of the woman who murders her own children in revenge for her husband's infidelity, here given a distinctive Scots flavour by the poet and playwright Liz Lochhead. Lochhead's……続きを見る

An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes - premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company. As children, Orestes a……続きを見る

Euripides, the youngest of the trio of great Greek tragedians was born at Salamis in 480 B.C., on the day when the Greeks won their momentous naval victory there over the fleet of the Persians. The ……続きを見る

"In his clear preface, Gilbert Murray says with truth that The Trojan Women, valued by the usage of the stage, is not a perfect play. "It is only the crying of one of the great wrongs of the world w……続きを見る

"The Electra of Euripides has the distinction of being, perhaps, the best abused, and, one might add, not the best understood, of ancient tragedies. "A singular monument of poetical, or rather unpoe……続きを見る

"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets.' It is doubtful whether one can call it a tragedy at all. Yet it remains one of the most characte……続きを見る

"The Iphigenia in Tauris is not in the modern sense a tragedy; it is a romantic play, beginning in a tragic atmosphere and moving through perils and escapes to a happy end. To the archaeologist the ……続きを見る

Heracles/ Iphigenia Among the Taurians/ Helen/ Ion/ Cyclops: Of these plays, only 'Heracles' truly belongs in the tragic sphere with its presentation of underserved suffering and divine malignity. T……続きを見る

This stunning translation, by the acclaimed poet Robin Robertson (Forward Prize, Man Booker shortlist 2018), has reinvigorated Euripides' devastating take of a god's revenge for contemporary readers……続きを見る

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 Ne……続きを見る

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“Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC.” (Citation from Wikipedi……続きを見る

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 Ne……続きを見る

The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebra……続きを見る

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 Ne……続きを見る

“Euripides' Electra was 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.” (Citat……続きを見る

"Euripides, the Athenian playwright who dared to question the whims of wanton gods, has always been the most intriguing of the Greek tragedians. Now, with translations aimed at the stage rather than……続きを見る