Alcestis vs Helen of Troy: Which Should You Read?

Alcestis Euripides · 1818 ★★★★☆ 3.8 83 pages · ≈ 1 h 32 m · Demanding

"Euripides' Alcestic - perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama - is an ideal test for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions are too advanced…

Helen of Troy Andrew Lang · 1882 ★★★★☆ 3.6 108 pages · ≈ 2 h 00 m · Demanding

Helen (; ), commonly known as Helen of Troy and sometimes as Helen of Sparta, is a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus…