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Aeschyli septem quae supersunt tragoediae Aeschylus · 1937 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Greek language materials, Greek Mythology, Drama

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

The tragedies of Sophocles Sophocles · 1729 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Preface signed: Theodore Alois Buckley. Shares: Greek drama, 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

Sophocles Sophocles · 1832 · ★ 4.2 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Sophocles' Philoctetes is one of the most widely read Greek tragedies today but is a complex and challenging play to interpret. Its representation of Philoctetes as a sufferer of physical and emotional pain gives it remarkable power and intensity. It juxtaposes Homeric and fifth-century institutions and values, explores honor, power and expediency as principles of personal and political life, and… Shares: Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

Oresteia Aeschylus · 1845 · ★ 4.0 · 187p · ≈ 6h · Challenging 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: Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, 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: Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

The complete Greek tragedies David Grene · 1942 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Outstanding translations of five plays, now updated with informative new content for students, teachers, and lovers of the classics.Greek Tragedies, Volume I contains: Aeschylus's "Agamemnon," translated by Richmond Lattimore Aeschylus's "Prometheus Bound," translated by David Grene Sophocles's "Oedipus the King," translated by David Grene Sophocles's "Antigone," translated by Elizabeth… Shares: Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

Aeschylus Aeschylus · 1833 · ★ 3.9 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Challenging ““A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting…" As Charles Isherwood noted in The New York Times, “the ruler of a rich and powerful empire leads his countrymen into a disastrous war on foreign soil in “The Persians,” a play Aeschylus wrote in the fifth century B.C. It seems the guy was acting on advice from bad counselors. And trying to finish some business started by papa, who ruled before… Shares: Greek language materials, Greek drama, Greek Mythology, Drama

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