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Euripides [a] (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most.
Euripides's play has been explored and interpreted by playwrights across the centuries and the world in a variety of ways, offering political, psychoanalytical, feminist, and many other original readings of Medea, Jason, and the core themes of the play. [1] Medea, along with three other plays, [a] earned Euripides third prize in the City Dionysia.
Pages in category "Plays by Euripides" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alcestis (play)
While most ancient Greek and Roman plays have been lost to history, a significant number still survive. These include the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the Roman adaptations of Plautus, Terence and Seneca.
[1] [5] Pareles states that in the play Luna is "perhaps the most sympathetic character". [1] Mama Sal – A grandmother who is a lesbian. Pareles describes Mama Sal as "the kind cynic who, despite her love for Chac-Mool and Medea, helps Luna leave Medea and Medea carry out her insane plan". [1] Chihuateo – Four women who had died in ...
This is a list of American plays: 0-9. $1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts (1920), by Edna Ferber and Newman Levy; 45 Seconds from Broadway (2001), by Neil Simon;
The Bacchae (/ ˈ b æ k iː /; Ancient Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakkhai; also known as The Bacchantes / ˈ b æ k ə n t s, b ə ˈ k æ n t s,-ˈ k ɑː n t s /) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon.
Pages in category "Plays based on works by Euripides" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.