18 books like Medea

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

Medea and other plays Euripides · 1963 · ★ 4.0 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Medea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both… Shares: Medea, Helen of Troy, Electra, Hippolytus

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: Medea, Hippolytus, Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek 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: Electra, Greek language, Greek drama, Open_syllabus_project

The Complete Greek Tragedies Euripides · 1955 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 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 offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. This volume collects Euipides' Alcestis (translated by… Shares: Medea, Hippolytus, Greek drama, Drama

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, Open_syllabus_project, Drama

Birds Aristophanes · 1824 · ★ 3.8 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Enter the whimsical world of ancient Greece with "The Birds" by Aristophanes. This timeless comedy transports readers to a fantastical realm where birds hold sway over gods and men, and where laughter reigns supreme. As Aristophanes unfolds his comedic masterpiece, questions arise: What mischief will the birds get up to? And what lessons will they teach us about power, authority, and the… Shares: Dionysus, Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Drama

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: Dionysus, Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama, Drama

Euripides Euripides · 1597 · ★ 4.2 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Demanding In nine paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer the most comprehensive selection of the Greek tragedies available in English. Over the years these authoritative, critically acclaimed editions have been the preferred choice of over three million readers for personal libraries and individual study as well as for classroom use. Shares: Dionysus, Hippolytus, Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek drama

Bacchae Euripides · 1821 · ★ 4.5 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Challenging In Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus' resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment by the god: dismemberment at the hands of Theban women. Iphigenia at Aulis recounts the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to Artemis, the price exacted by the goddess for favorable sailing winds. Rhesus dramatizes a pivotal… Shares: Helen of Troy, Dionysus, Greek 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: Hippolytus, Great_books_of_the_western_world, Greek 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, Open_syllabus_project, Drama

The Bacchae, and other plays Euripides · 1954 · ★ 4.1 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Ion, The women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae. Shares: Helen of Troy, Dionysus, Greek drama, Drama

The Trojan women of Euripides Euripides · 1905 · ★ 3.9 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Published in 1915, this book features Gilbert Murray’s translation of Euripides’ 415 BCE tragedy. The play chronicles the aftermath of the Trojan War, specifically the suffering of the Trojan women at the hands of the Greeks. Shares: Helen of Troy, Greek 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

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, Drama, History

Tragoediae Sophocles · 1669 · 381p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Shares: Electra, Greek drama, Drama

Three plays Euripides · 1811 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Electra, Hippolytus, Drama Shares: Electra, Hippolytus, Drama

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