The Plays of Euripides
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The Plays of Euripides

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Plays of Euripides

About this book

Over the past decades there has been something of a revolution in the way we view classical drama generally and Euripides in particular. This book, updated in a second edition, reflects that revolution and aims to show how Euripides was continually reinventing himself. A truly Protean figure, he seems to set out on a new journey in each of his surviving 19 plays. Between general introduction and final summary, Morwood's chapters identify the themes that underlie the plays and concentrate, above all, on demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of this great dramatist. New to this edition, which is updated throughout, are further details on the individual plays and extra suggestions for background reading. The volume is a companion to The Plays of Sophocles and The Plays of Aeschylus (both by Alex Garvie) also available in second editions from Bloomsbury. A further essential guide to the themes and context of ancient Greek tragedy may be found in Laura Swift's new introductory volume, Greek Tragedy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. A Chronology of Euripides’ Work and Times
  10. Alcestis
  11. Medea
  12. The Children of Heracles
  13. Hippolytus
  14. Andromache
  15. Hecuba
  16. The Suppliant Women
  17. Heracles
  18. Electra
  19. The Trojan Women
  20. Iphigenia among the Taurians
  21. Ion
  22. Helen
  23. The Phoenician Women
  24. Orestes
  25. Cyclops
  26. Bacchae
  27. Iphigenia at Aulis
  28. Rhesus
  29. Epilogue
  30. Suggestions for Further Reading
  31. Index