The Complete Plays, Volume 4Smith and Kraus, 2005 - Athens (Greece) Athens of the fifth century B.C.E. represents one of the towering achievements of civilization. It is the crucible in which Western Civilization was given form. It created democracy: rule by the people. Of the three supreme tragedians of Classical Athens; Aeschylus, Sophokles and Euripides, Euripides (480's-406 B.C.E.) is the most modern. His people are no longer the heroes of Aeschylus, inspired by Homer and the Heroic world of war and warriors. Nor are they the more humanistic characters of Sophokles, who created men and women of grand moral integrity. Rather, Euripides' people are psychologically drawn, they are frequently petty, conniving, and conflicted. In other words, they are like us. |
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Euripides and the Athenian Theater of His Time | 1 |
The Plays | 13 |
A Note on the Translation | 33 |
Copyright | |
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ACHILLEUS Aeschylus AGAMEMNON AGAVĘ AIIII ancient ANTIGONĘ Aphroditę Apollo Aręs Argos arms army Artemis ASIAN BAKKHAI Athęna Athenian Athens Atreus Aulis Bakkhants BAKKHĘ Bakkhic blood bring Bromios brother Chants chariot child CHORUS curse dance daughter dead dear death DIOMĘDES Dionysos DOLON earth ĘLEKTRA enemy Enter ETEOKLĘS Euripides evil Exeunt eyes father friends goddess gods Greece Greek hands HĘKTOR Helen Hermionę holy honor husband IOKASTĘ IPHIGENEIA Kadmos kill king Kithairon KLYTAIMNĘSTRA KREON look madness Maenads marriage MENELAOS MENOIKEUS mother mountain murder Music never NOBLE ARGIVE WOMEN Odysseus Oedipus ORESTĘS palace PENTHEUS PHOENICIAN WOMEN PHRYGIAN play POLYNEIKĘS PYLADĘS Rhesos sail SECOND TROJAN SENTRY Sings sister slaughter SLAVE Song sons Speaks spear sword tears TEIRESIAS tell theater THEBAN THEBAN SOLDIER Thebes there's thing THIRD TROJAN SENTRY tragedy translator Troy Troy's Tyndareos wand What's wife words YOUNG PHOENICIAN WOMAN Zeus