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Iphigenie auf Tauris Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1787 · ★ 3.2 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Demanding "Iphigenie auf Tauris" ist ein Bühnenstück von Johann Wolfgang Goethe nach der Vorlage von Euripides' Iphigenie bei den Taurern. 1779 schrieb der Dichter eine Prosafassung, die er während seiner Italienreise ab 1786 in ein Versdrama umformte. Den Titel wählte Goethe in falscher Analogie zur latinisierten Version des Titels der Euripidestragödie Iphigenia in Tauris. Der griechische… Shares: Iphigenia, Greek Mythology, Drama

Sophoclis tragoediae Sophocles · 1828 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

Sophocle Sophocles · 1877 · 503p · ≈ 16h · Challenging This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone• Oedipus King of Thebes• The Seven Plays in English Verse• Antigone• Aias• King Oedipus• Electra• The Trachinian Maidens• Philoctetes• Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles,… Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

Eschyle Aeschylus · 1872 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

The lyrical dramas of Aeschylus Aeschylus · 1850 · ★ 4.1 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Aeschylus was one of the most famous ancient Greek tragedians He is often called "the father of tragedy”, since this genre really begins with his works. This edition includes the following dramas: Agamemnon Choephoræ Or, The Libation-Bearers The Eumenides Prometheus Bound The Suppliants The Seven Against Thebes The Persians Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

The tragedies of Euripides Euripides · 1808 · 372p · ≈ 12h · 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 Mythology, Drama

The Toy-Shop; a Dramatick Satire Robert Dodsley · 1700 · 41p · ≈ 1h · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Early works to 1800, 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 Mythology, History and criticism, Drama

Euripidis Tragoediae Euripides · 1823 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Drama

De sapientia veterum Francis Bacon · 1609 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Demanding The father of Empiricism, the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His pioneering works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. This comprehensive eBook presents Bacon’s collected works, with numerous… Shares: Greek Mythology, Early works to 1800

Le mythe de Sisyphe Albert Camus · 1941 · ★ 4.2 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging «Il n'y a qu'un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux: c'est le suicide.» Avec cette formule foudroyante, qui semble rayer d'un trait toute la philosophie, un jeune homme de moins de trente ans commence son analyse de la sensibilité absurde. Il décrit le «mal de l'esprit» dont souffre l'époque actuelle: «L'absurde naît de la confrontation de l'appel humain avec le silence déraisonnable du… Shares: French language materials, French literature, History and criticism

Iphigenia in Tauris Euripides · 1833 · ★ 4.0 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging This is the translation of the Euripides play about the princess Iphigeneia who narrowly avoided death by sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon. She was saved by the goddess Artemis, to whom the sacrifice was to be made, and swept off to Tauris. As a priestess at the goddess' temple, she has the gruesome task of ritually sacrificing foreigners who land on King Thoas's shores. It has… Shares: Iphigenia, Greek Mythology, Drama

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

Three plays Euripides · 1811 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Iphigenia, Greek Mythology, Drama Shares: Iphigenia, Greek Mythology, Drama

L'exil et le royaume Albert Camus · 1951 · ★ 3.8 · 213p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "[Exile and the kingdom] consists of six "short stories". The term must be as loosely applied as was that of "novel" to last year's The Fall. The tales, precise, almost stark, are concerned with illuminating the dispossessed- symbolically projected in the exile of man. Two, "The Adulterous Woman" and "The Renegade" take the deserts for their scenes; its barrenness brings revelation to Janine,… Shares: French language materials, French literature

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares: Drama

Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides · 1831 · ★ 3.8 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Challenging 2 volumes ; 22 cm Shares: Iphigenia, Drama

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