Hippolytus vs The Complete Greek Tragedies: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama
Hippolytus
Euripides wrote two plays called Hippolytus. In this, the second, he dramatized the tragic failure of perfection. This translation comes in two forms; the first presents a simulacrum of the text as it might have…
1 film adaptation
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The Complete Greek Tragedies
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…
The verdict
- Hippolytus runs the darker storyline; The Complete Greek Tragedies stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Hippolytus | The Complete Greek Tragedies | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (7273) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (10) | — |
Reception
| Hippolytus | The Complete Greek Tragedies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7273 | — |
| Editions | 105 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 4803 | — |
| Reading it now | 77 | — |
| Written reviews | 503 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2431 | — |
| Pages | 168 | 234 |