Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides was first performed in 414 BCE. Euripides and the Greeks considered it a tragedy even …
Tag Archives: Euripides
Medea
What an amazing play is Medea by Euripides. I read an edition from 2006 translated by the poet Michael Collier …
Andromache, or Waiting for Neoptolemus
Andromache by Euripides is a jam-packed play that goes from Andromache under threat of murder to a fight between Peleus, …
Trojan Women
Trojan Women by Euripides was first produced in 415 BCE. Athens had just captured Melos. All the men of Melos …
Hecuba
My days of poking fun at ancient Greek plays are over. Hecuba is too awesome to make fun of. Euripides …
The Bacchae
Two Euripides plays in a row! See what happens when the library book is due tomorrow? But before I get …
The Phoenician Women
The Phoenician Women by Euripides is a sort of mash-up of Seven Against Thebes and Antigone and it messes around …
Some History of Greek Tragedy
To continue from yesterday with things I have learned from An Introduction to Greek Tragedy by Ruth Scodel. The history …
Greek Tragedy and the Curse of Aristotle
I’ve read through all the complete plays of Aeschylus and the complete plays of Sophocles — there are lots of …
Orestes
The Greek tragedies by the “big three” are so formal and often over-the-top to my modern-day ear that I enjoy …
