Euripides vs Tragedy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Tragedy, Histoire et critique, History and criticism
Euripides
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Euripides’ theater of ideas / William arrowsmith -- Euripides and the gods / G. M. A. Grube -- The virtues of Admetus / Anne Pippin Burnett -- On Euripides’ Medea / Eilhard Schlesinger -- The…
Tragedy
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Tarentum (Modern Day Taranto) believed to depict scenes from Greek tragedy: at left Electra and Orestes, who murder their mother Clytemnestra in order to avenge their father, Agamemnon; Clytemnestra was motivated by…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Euripides has the widest readership — 27 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Euripides | Tragedy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (27) | 3.4 (16) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.5 (2) |
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Reception
| Euripides | Tragedy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 27 | 16 |
| Editions | 8 | 22 |
| Citations | — | 38 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 45 | 32 |
| Reading it now | 2 | 4 |
| Written reviews | 4 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 34590 | 11727 |
| Pages | 177 | 102 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Euripides or Tragedy?
Euripides has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Euripides 3.8/5, Tragedy 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Euripides or Tragedy?
Tragedy is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Tragedy (102 pages, ≈ 1 h 53 m); Euripides (177 pages, ≈ 3 h 17 m).
Which is harder to read: Euripides or Tragedy?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Euripides: Challenging; Tragedy: Challenging.