18 books like Three plays
Medea and other plays
Shares Alcestis, Electra, Hecuba, Hippolytus with this book.
Aeschylus
Shares Orestes, Electra, Seven against Thebes, Continental european drama with this book.
The Bacchae, and other plays
Ion, The women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae.
Shares Orestes, Hecuba, Seven against Thebes, Iphigenia
Children of Heracles
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 Andromache, Hecuba, Hippolytus, Continental european drama
Seven against Thebes
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 Seven against Thebes, Continental european drama, Greek Mythology, Drama
Eschyle
Shares Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
The lyrical dramas of Aeschylus
Shares Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
The tragedies of Euripides
Shares Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
Sophocle
Shares Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
Sophoclis tragoediae
Shares Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
Oresteia
The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides -- depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek…
Shares Orestes, Electra, Continental european drama, Greek Mythology
Euripide
Shares Continental european drama, Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
The complete plays of Sophocles
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 Continental european drama, Greek Mythology, Drama
The Trojan women of Euripides
Shares Andromache, Hecuba, Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
The Complete Greek Tragedies
Shares Alcestis, Hippolytus, Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
Euripides
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 Alcestis, Hippolytus, Iphigenia, Greek Mythology
Euripidis Tragoediae
Shares Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
Phoenician women
Shares Seven against Thebes, Continental european drama, Greek Mythology, Drama with this book.
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