Full Description
Over the past decades there has been something of a revolution in the way we view classical drama generally and Euripides in particular. This book, updated in a second edition, reflects that revolution and aims to show how Euripides was continually reinventing himself. A truly Protean figure, he seems to set out on a new journey in each of his surviving 19 plays. Between general introduction and final summary, Morwood's chapters identify the themes that underlie the plays and concentrate, above all, on demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of this great dramatist. New to this edition, which is updated throughout, are further details on the individual plays and extra suggestions for background reading.
The volume is a companion to The Plays of Sophocles and The Plays of Aeschylus (both by Alex Garvie) also available in second editions from Bloomsbury. A further essential guide to the themes and context of ancient Greek tragedy may be found in Laura Swift's new introductory volume, Greek Tragedy.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
A Chronology of Euripides' Work and Times
Alcestis
Medea
The Children of Heracles
Hippolytus
Andromache
Hecuba
The Suppliant Women
Heracles
Electra
The Trojan Women
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Ion
Helen
The Phoenician Women
Orestes
Cyclops
Bacchae
Iphigenia at Aulis
Rhesus
Epilogue
Suggestions for Further Study Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
