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  2. Cyclops (play) - Wikipedia

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    Cyclops (Ancient Greek: Κύκλωψ, Kyklōps) is an ancient Greek satyr play by Euripides, based closely on an episode from the Odyssey. [1] It is likely to have been the fourth part of a tetralogy presented by Euripides in a dramatic festival in 5th Century BC Athens, although its intended and actual performance contexts are unknown. [2]

  3. Ion (play) - Wikipedia

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    Ion (/ ˈ aɪ ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Ἴων, Iōn) is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to have been written between 414 and 412 BC. It follows the orphan Ion, a young and willing servant in Apollo's temple, as he inadvertently discovers his biological origins. As it unfolds the play is also the powerful story of his mother, Creusa ...

  4. Euripides - Wikipedia

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    Euripides sometimes 'resolved' the two syllables of the iamb (˘¯) into three syllables (˘˘˘), and this tendency increased so steadily over time that the number of resolved feet in a play can indicate an approximate date of composition (see Extant plays below for one scholar's list of resolutions per hundred trimeters). Associated with this ...

  5. The Suppliants (Euripides) - Wikipedia

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    The population of Plataea came to Athens as suppliants after the destruction of their city in 427 BC, a few years before the performance of this play. They were allowed to stay in Athens and, exceptionally, they were granted Athenian citizenship. This event may have influenced the play and its reception. [3]

  6. Alcestis (play) - Wikipedia

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    Conacher explores how Euripides expanded the myth of Admetus and Alcestis, and added elements of comedy and folk tales. Beye also discusses legendary and fairy tale aspects of the play. [citation needed] Alcestis is also a popular text for women's studies. Critics have indicated that the play's central focus is Admetus rather than Alcestis.

  7. Category:Plays based on works by Euripides - Wikipedia

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    Plays based on Medea (Euripides play) (8 P) Pages in category "Plays based on works by Euripides" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.

  8. Children of Heracles - Wikipedia

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    Euripides depicted the brutality he witnessed during his life into the play. [5] The play's title is significant and unique due to Greek tragedies either being named after a main character, the chorus or an event within the play. The play does not do this. Because of its title, Children of Heracles stands out. [6]

  9. Hecuba (play) - Wikipedia

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    Hecuba (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη, Hekabē) is a tragedy by Euripides, written c. 424 BC.It takes place after the Trojan War but before the Greeks have departed Troy (roughly the same time as The Trojan Women, another play by Euripides).

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