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Alcestis Euripides · 1818 · ★ 3.8 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Challenging "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 or too elementary for intermediate students of the language, but in this new student edition, C. A. E. Luschnig and H. M. Roisman remedy such deficiencies." "The introductory… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Continental european drama, Drama

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

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, Textual Criticism, Greek drama, Continental european 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, Criticism and interpretation, 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

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, Criticism and interpretation

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

Ausgewählte Komödien des Aristophanes Aristophanes · 1852 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Die 'Ausgewählten Werke von Aristophanes' bieten einen tiefen Einblick in das antike griechische Theater und die satirische Komödie. Aristophanes' Werke zeichnen sich durch ihre humorvolle und sarkastische Darstellung politischer und sozialer Themen aus, die auch heute noch relevant sind. Seine Stücke sind bekannt für ihre lebendigen Dialoge, komplexen Charaktere und oft absurden Handlungen. Der… Shares: Greek drama, Criticism and interpretation

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, 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

The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer · 1478 · ★ 3.5 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Demanding A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde,… Shares: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Textual Criticism, 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

Agamemnon Aeschylus · 1816 · ★ 3.8 · 88p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The Classical Department produced the play Agamemon, performed in the stadium on June 16 and 19, 1906 Shares: Textual Criticism, Greek drama, Continental european drama, 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

Plays Aeschylus · 1828 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Challenging "Four Plays" by Aeschylus is a collection that typically includes some of the most significant works by this ancient Greek playwright, who is often referred to as the father of tragedy. Aeschylus' plays are known for their profound exploration of justice, power, and the divine. While different collections might include various selections, four of his most famous plays are: "Agamemnon": The first… Shares: Greek drama, Drama

Wilhelm Tell Friedrich Schiller · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a 'New Year's Gift for 1805' he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play that drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory. Since then the work has become immensely popular. This new English translation by William F. Mainland brings out… Shares: Continental european drama, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

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