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'''Euripides''' (480 to 405 BC) was a famous tragic playwright whose works were popular in 300s BC. He was the last great tragedian in Ancient Greece, composing such works as "Medea," his updating of the story of the mythic character of the [[Golden Fleece]] myth. He also wrote ''[[The Bacchae]]''. | '''Euripides''' (480 to 405 BC) was a famous tragic playwright whose works were popular in 300s BC. He was the last great tragedian in Ancient Greece, composing such works as "Medea," his updating of the story of the mythic character of the [[Golden Fleece]] myth. He also wrote ''[[The Bacchae]]''. | ||
| − | He was driven into [[exile]] from [[Athens]]. [ | + | He was driven into [[exile]] from [[Athens]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=z--HMbPXdD0C&dq=Lord+of+the+Flies&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=DtjkHq1BpE&sig=YYrJLuNcPbNDhaVMgzWCwOWzPZo&hl=en&ei=hI-hSf_vHYimtgOr5rzaDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPR16,M1] |
==Works by Euripides== | ==Works by Euripides== | ||
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* [[Hippolytus]] | * [[Hippolytus]] | ||
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* [[Andromache]] | * [[Andromache]] | ||
* [[Electra]] | * [[Electra]] | ||
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* [[Hecuba]] | * [[Hecuba]] | ||
* [[Heracles]] | * [[Heracles]] | ||
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* [[Orestes]] | * [[Orestes]] | ||
| − | * | + | * Rhesus |
| − | * | + | * Alcestis |
| − | * | + | * The Heracleidae |
| − | <ref> | + | * The Suppliant Women |
| + | * The Trojan Women | ||
| + | * The Phoenician Women | ||
| + | * Helen | ||
| + | * Iphienia in Tauris | ||
| + | * Iphigenia in Aulis | ||
| + | * The Cyclops<ref>''Great Books, Vol. 4, Euripides plays'' edited by David Greene and Richmond Lattimore, 1993, page 259.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/e#a1680 Works] of Euripides at Project Gutenberg |
*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Euripides Works] of Euripides at WikiSource | *[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Euripides Works] of Euripides at WikiSource | ||
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[[Category:Playwrights]] | [[Category:Playwrights]] | ||
[[Category:Ancient Greece]] | [[Category:Ancient Greece]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:07, January 6, 2024
Euripides (480 to 405 BC) was a famous tragic playwright whose works were popular in 300s BC. He was the last great tragedian in Ancient Greece, composing such works as "Medea," his updating of the story of the mythic character of the Golden Fleece myth. He also wrote The Bacchae.
He was driven into exile from Athens. [1]
Works by Euripides
- Medea
- Hippolytus
- Ion
- Andromache
- Electra
- The Bacchae
- Hecuba
- Heracles
- Orestes
- Rhesus
- Alcestis
- The Heracleidae
- The Suppliant Women
- The Trojan Women
- The Phoenician Women
- Helen
- Iphienia in Tauris
- Iphigenia in Aulis
- The Cyclops[1]
References
- ↑ Great Books, Vol. 4, Euripides plays edited by David Greene and Richmond Lattimore, 1993, page 259.
External links
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