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Tag Archives: Euripides

Iphigenia in Tauris

January 5, 2016

Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides was first performed in 414 BCE. Euripides and the Greeks considered it a tragedy even …

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Medea

October 27, 2014

What an amazing play is Medea by Euripides. I read an edition from 2006 translated by the poet Michael Collier …

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Andromache, or Waiting for Neoptolemus

March 2, 2014

Andromache by Euripides is a jam-packed play that goes from Andromache under threat of murder to a fight between Peleus, …

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Trojan Women

February 18, 2014

Trojan Women by Euripides was first produced in 415 BCE. Athens had just captured Melos. All the men of Melos …

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Hecuba

November 4, 2013

My days of poking fun at ancient Greek plays are over. Hecuba is too awesome to make fun of. Euripides …

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The Bacchae

November 27, 2012

Two Euripides plays in a row! See what happens when the library book is due tomorrow? But before I get …

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The Phoenician Women

November 26, 2012

The Phoenician Women by Euripides is a sort of mash-up of Seven Against Thebes and Antigone and it messes around …

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Some History of Greek Tragedy

October 30, 2012

To continue from yesterday with things I have learned from An Introduction to Greek Tragedy by Ruth Scodel. The history …

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Greek Tragedy and the Curse of Aristotle

October 29, 2012

I’ve read through all the complete plays of Aeschylus and the complete plays of Sophocles — there are lots of …

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Orestes

July 8, 2012

The Greek tragedies by the “big three” are so formal and often over-the-top to my modern-day ear that I enjoy …

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