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The Tragedies of Euripides, Vol 1 - The Tragedies of Euripides, Vol. 1: Classic Greek Drama of Myth, Fate, and Human Passion
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781617204784
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Dec 20 2011
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A foundational collection of Greek tragic drama, presenting Euripides' penetrating studies of fate, passion, and human conflict.
Volume One of The Tragedies of Euripides gathers some of the earliest surviving works of one of classical Athens' most innovative playwrights. Writing during the fifth century BCE, Euripides reshaped Greek tragedy by bringing psychological depth and moral ambiguity to mythic subjects. Gods remain present, yet human motives-jealousy, grief, ambition, vengeance-drive the drama forward with striking realism.
These plays, drawn from the heroic legends of Greece, explore the costs of war, the fragility of honor, and the suffering borne by women and outsiders in a rigid heroic world. More intimate and questioning than his contemporaries, Euripides challenged traditional assumptions about heroism and divine justice. His tragedies remain central to the study of classical literature and continue to influence modern theatre and literary thought.
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