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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)
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.
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]
Alcmaeon in Corinth (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκμαίων ὁ διὰ Κορίνθου, Alkmaiōn ho dia Korinthou; also known as Alcmaeon at Corinth, Alcmaeon) is a play by Greek dramatist Euripides. It was first produced posthumously at the Dionysia in Athens, most likely in 405 BCE, in a trilogy with The Bacchae and Iphigenia in Aulis.
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē) is a drama by Euripides about Helen, first produced in 412 BC for the Dionysia in a trilogy that also contained Euripides' lost Andromeda. The play has much in common with Iphigenia in Tauris, which is believed to have been performed around the same time period. [1]
Euripides, Orestes, Oxford, MS. Barocci 120, fol. 32r (early 14th century) Aeschylus' play Eumenides, the third part of his surviving Oresteia trilogy, enshrines the trial and acquittal of Orestes within the foundation of Athens itself, as a moment when legal deliberation surpassed blood vengeance as a means of resolution.
The Trojan Women (Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, romanized: Trōiades, lit."The Female Trojans") is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BCE.Also translated as The Women of Troy, or as its transliterated Greek title Troades, The Trojan Women presents commentary on the costs of war through the lens of women and children. [1]
Children of Heracles was written by Euripides. Euripides would eventually become the most famous playwright compared to Aeschylus and Sophocles. [2] The majority of his plays oppose war. [3] There are ninety-two plays written by Euripides. However, only nineteen plays have been recovered. [4]