The electra plays hackett classics kindle edition by sophocles, aeschylus, euripides, woodruff, paul, meineck, peter, luschnig, cecelia eaton, gregory, justina, meineck, peter, luschnig, cecelia eaton, woodruff, paul. The alcestis of euripides, translated into english rhyming verse, trans. The greek tragedy electra was written by euripides in 410 b. Mulryne, poetic structures in the electra of euripides. The greek text is that of gilbert murray 19, from the oxford classical texts series, which is in the public domain and available as a pdf. It continues the story of orestes after the events of euripides play electra, as he seeks to free himself from the torment of the furies after the murder of his mother, and to obtain acquittal from the earthly courts for his deeds. Jason ha abandonado a su esposa medea, junto con sus dos hijos. Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the electra plays hackett.
Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article euripides. Orestes is a late tragedy by the ancient greek playwright euripides, first presented in 408 bce. Elektra is a tragedy by the ancient greek playwright euripides. Agamemnon decided, under the influence of goddess artemis, to sacrifice his daughter iphigeneia. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Electra herself is portrayed as a frustrated and resentful woman who finally lures her mother to her. Ozsolak, sarah scott, jack vaughan before the palace of theoklymenos in egypt. Euripides is identified with many theatrical innovations that have influenced drama all the way down to modern times, especially in the representation of traditional, mythical heroes as ordinary. The plays of euripides in english internet archive. Euripides helen helen by euripides, translation by e. Greek elektra and her brother orestes murder their mother, clytemnestra, in retribution for her murder of their father, agamemnon. It tells the tale of electra and her brother, orestes, as they take their revenge on their mother, clytemnestra, for her murder of their father, agamemnon. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. It was written quite late in euripides career, some time in the 410s bce, although the actual date is uncertain.
Luschnig characters nurse in greek, trophos, medeas old nanny from her homeland pedagogue or childminder, in greek, paidagogos, a slave who tends the children children of medea and jason two boys, nonspeaking characters medea refugee from colchis, former princess, former wife of jason. This commentary contains the oxford classical text of murray. Euripides is rightly lauded as one of the great dramatists of all time. In his lifetime, he wrote over 90 plays and although only 18 have survived they reveal the scope and reach of his genius. The electra plays hackett classics kindle edition by. Electra, who in sophocles and euripides will be a dominating figure, has the. This volume presents the ancient greek text of euripides electra with a facing english translation. Euripides take on the vengeance of orestes 9 march 2012 i clearly remember reading this play for university and one of the things that the lecturer spoke about was how we have, from all three of the surviving tragedians, a extant plays that deals with the same subject, being the murder of aegisthus and clytaemnestra by the two of her children, orestes and electra. Toward the end of euripides electra, the main characters reach what they have. Bibliography d odds euripides, bacchae, edited with introduction and commentary by e r dodds, oxford. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.