Hippolytus vs Medea: Which Should You Read?

Hippolytus Euripides · 1756 ★★★★☆ 3.8 168 pages · ≈ 3 h 07 m · Demanding

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…

Medea Euripides · 1703 ★★★★☆ 4.0 87 pages · ≈ 1 h 37 m · Demanding

"Medea has been betrayed. Her husband, Jason, has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such…