18 books like Alcestis

What to read after Alcestis — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos) Sophocles · 1715 · ★ 3.5 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Oedipus Rex chronicles the story of Oedipus, a man that becomes the king of Thebes and was always destined from birth to murder his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. The play is an example of a classic tragedy, noticeably containing an emphasis on how Oedipus's own faults contribute to the tragic hero's downfall, as opposed to having fate be the sole cause. Over the centuries, Oedipus… Shares: Greek drama, In literature, Continental european drama, Open_syllabus_project

Euripide Euripides · 1884 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Ten tragedies by one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, namely Hecuba, Orestes, The Phœnician Virgins, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchæ, The Heraclidæ, Iphigenia in Aulis, and Iphigenia in Tauris. Shares: Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

The complete plays of Sophocles Sophocles · 1967 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Oedipus the King - Antigone - Electra - AjaxTrachinian Women - Philoctetes - Oedipus at ColonusThe greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, surpassing his older contemporary Aeschylus and the younger Euripides in literary output as well as in the number of prizes awarded his works. Only the seven plays in this volume have survived intact. From… Shares: Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Lysistrata Aristophanes · 1872 · ★ 3.9 · 117p · ≈ 3h · Challenging In Aristophanes' most popular play, sex is a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages ancient Greece, a band of women, led by Lysistrata, promise to deny their husbands all sex until they stop fighting. This volume of Lysistrata brings the play up to date with modern scholarship, providing an account of its history and containing new information about the comic theater and its social and… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Open_syllabus_project

Clouds Aristophanes · 1715 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Demanding The Catholic University of America Speech and Drama Department presents Aristophanes' "The Clouds," translated by William Arrowsmith, directed by Leo Brady, choral interpretation by Josephine McGarry Callan, setting and lighting by James D. Waring, costumes by Joseph Lewis. Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Phoenician women Euripides · 1802 · ★ 3.7 · 229p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of the Athenian playwright Euripides, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) Beautifully illustrated with images relating… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Les tragiques Agrippa d' Aubigné · 1800 · 203p · ≈ 6h · Challenging La douloureuse histoire des guerres de religion, Agrippa d'Aubigné l'a vécue, jour après jour, dans le camp protestant, dès sa plus tendre enfance. Très tôt, il fut le témoin de scènes de massacre et il participa tout jeune aux combats. Ecuyer d'Henri de Navarre, il partagea avec lui une vie d'aventures et, immobilisé par une blessure, composa le long poème des Tragiques. Cette œuvre de colère… Shares: Continental european drama, Poetry

Frogs Aristophanes · 1785 · ★ 3.8 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, for the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate. At the same time, its most problematic passages have been the… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Orestes Euripides · 1753 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Produced more frequently on the ancient stage than any other tragedy, Orestes retells with striking innovations the story of the young man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father. Though eventually exonerated, Orestes becomes a fugitive from the Furies (avenging spirits) of his mother's blood. On the brink of destruction, he is saved in the end by Apollo, who had commanded the… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Seven against Thebes Aeschylus · 1812 · ★ 3.7 · 89p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. Shares: Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Heracles Euripides · 1876 · ★ 3.9 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Heracles Euripides - Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play, innovative in its treatment of the myth, bold in its dramatic structure, and filled with effective human pathos. The play tells a tale of horror: Heracles, the greatest hero of the Greeks, is maddened by the gods to murder his wife and children. But this suffering and divine malevolence are leavened by the friendship between… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Aeschyli Tragoediae Aeschylus · 1809 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Introduction in English Shares: Greek drama, Drama

Ten plays Euripides · 1960 · ★ 4.1 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life.  In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy.  For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the stage were not… Shares: Greek drama, Drama

Prometheus Bound Aeschylus · 1559 · ★ 3.9 · 72p · ≈ 2h · Demanding An ancient Greek tragedy attributed to Aeschylus. The play follows the sufferings of the Titan Prometheus who has been fastened to a rock by Zeus as punishment for giving the knowledge of fire to mankind. Shares: Greek drama, Continental european drama, Open_syllabus_project, Drama

Euripidis Fabulae Euripides · 1844 · 482p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Greek text with critical apparatus of plays by Euripides: Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea, Children of Herakles, Hippolytus, Andromache, Hecuba. Shares: Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Hippolytus Euripides · 1756 · 168p · ≈ 5h · 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 appeared in unprocessed form to a reader sometime shortly after Euripides? death. The second processes the drama into the reduced but much more distinct form of modern print translations. Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Open_syllabus_project, Drama

Electra Sophocles · 1588 · ★ 3.7 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Electra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War, it recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon. Shares: Greek drama, Continental european drama, Open_syllabus_project, Drama

Children of Heracles Euripides · 1828 · ★ 4.2 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Challenging This edition and commentary provides an introduction to one of Euripides' less well-known plays, and describes the enormous value of the text for our understanding of Athenian drama, religion, and society. Despite the excellent commentaries of Elmsley (1821) and Pearson (1907), and powerful articles by Wilamowitz, the play has not been given the notice it deserves. This edition interprets the… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

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