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One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her
Kaum eine Frauengestalt des antiken Mythos ist bis heute so lebendig wie die der Medea. Der Stoff von der Frau, die in ihrem Rachebedürfnis zum Äußersten geht, ist seit der Antike zahllose Male aufgegriffen und bearbeitet worden. Am Anfang dieser unvergle
Euripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the Athens' City Dionysia dramatic competitions in 441 BC. He would be awarded this honor three more times in his life, and once more posthumously. His plays are often iron
Euripides' Electra is a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles' version of the Electra story.
This stunning translation, by the acclaimed poet Robin Robertson (Forward Prize, Man Booker shortlist 2018), has reinvigorated Euripides' devastating take of a god's revenge for contemporary readers, bringing the ancient verse to fervid, brutal li
The influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and Aeschylus he is regarded as one of the three great Greek tragedians from classical antiquity. One of the most important of Euripides' su
`the most tragic of the poets' Aristotle Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. He
Outstepping the literal bounds of genre, Euripides' Helen has been referred to by scholars as both a tragedy and a comedy. In this sensitive new translation by James Michie and Colin Leach, Euripides' fragile structure of subtlety, in both timing
I am Iphigenia, daughter of the daughter of Tyndareus My father killed me Few contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as Anne Carson. The New York Times Book Review calls her work "personal, necessary, and important
Herakles er uden tvivl den største græske sagnhelt og i mange henseender en succeshistorie. Han optræder i adskillige myter, hvor han nedlægger en lang række forbrydere og monstre, og efter et langt og anstrengende liv udødeliggøres han som en gud. I trag
Medea/Hecabe/Electra/Heracles Four devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human t
Hecuba The Trojan Women Andromache In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response o
Iphigenia among the Taurians Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesus The four plays newly translated in this volume are among Euripides' most exciting works. Iphigenia among the Taurians is a story of escape and contrasting Greek and barbarian civilization,
Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * Cyclops Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclo
Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their
An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. Euripides' great anti-war tr
This Norton Critical Edition includes: Sheila Murnaghan's new translation of the great Greek tragedy of betrayal, revenge, and murder, set in Corinth in the fifth-century B.C.E. A full introduction and explanatory annotations by Sheila Murnaghan. Anci
A student edition of this challenging and popular tragedy with notes and commentary. The most controversial of the Greek tragedians, Euripedes is also the most modern in his sympathies, a dramatist who handles the complex emotions of his characters with e
World premiere of a new version of Euripides classic Medea . Plays in London as part of the Almeidas Greek Season. Medeas marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides seminal play cuts to the hea
Of all the ancient Greek tragedians, Euripides was the most sensitive to the lives of women and other outcasts in Athenian society, and Electra and Other Plays collects five plays demonstrating his talent for bringing to life their plight. This Penguin Cl
This new volume of three of Euripides' most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its
Euripides' Bacchae, 'Bakkantinderne', indtager en særlig plads i græsk drama og i Euripides' karriere, da det er et af hans allersidste værker. Opført posthumt 405 f.Kr. er det måske hans mest provokerende værk, der lader guden Dionysos v
Now in paperback. Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. "Euripides,"
Den trolddomskyndige kongedatter Medea har, forblændet af kærlighed, forladt sit hjem ved Sortehavet og rejst til Grækenland med den charmerende Jason. Hendes lykke er dog kortvarig. Efter at have fået to børn med Medea beslutter Jason sig nemlig for at s
Forblændet af kærlighed har Medea forladt sit hjem ved Sortehavet og er rejst til Grækenland med den charmerende Jason. Lykken viser sig dog at vare kort: Efter at have fået to børn med Medea beslutter Jason sig forat sikre sin fremtid ved at gifte sig in
Troja er faldet, og alle mænd er døde. Kvinderneskal fordeles ved lod mellem grækernes konger: Hvilken mand skal have hvilken kvinde? Fra denkollektive tragedie, som er Trojas fald, til det enkelte individs personlige tragedie, scene efter scene,er traged
Euripides' Alcestis - perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama--is an ideal text 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
Three plays by ancient Greeces third great tragedian. One of antiquitys greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays
Three plays by ancient Greeces third great tragedian. One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his p
Lost works by ancient Greeces third great tragedian. Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 BC survive in a complete form and are included in the preceding six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further fifty-two traged
Hvad sker der, når en stedmor forelsker sig i sin stedsøn? Kan følelserne få frit løb, eller må de undertrykkes? Kan en familie overhovedet overleve et sådant tabubrud? Kan stedmoren? Kan sønnen? Hippolytos har det hele med: forelskelsen, forbitrelsen, fo
Four plays by ancient Greeces third great tragedian. One of antiquitys greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays i
This up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes Medea as a revenge-plot, evaluates the strands of mot