The only reason I got this volume was because it contained the one Euripidean play that I did not have: the Heraklidae (or, the Children of Heracles). Herakles, otherwise known in Latin as Hercules (which is the term we generally use) was an ancient Greek hero and demigod. He is most famous for the ...
I really loved this play. I have read three plays by Eruipides so far and this is my favorite. It's also my second favorite Greek play of the dozen or more that I have read. It concerns the cult of Dionysus coming to ancient Greece. The main character in it is the God himself who is disguised as...
Famous as the greatest of Euripidea plays (I have read three and I don't think it is), its certainly a striking masterpiece. The story is set after Jason has returned with the Golden Fleece and with Medea as his bride. He abandons her and her children to make a new marriage, and the story concerns...
General Introduction & NotesNote on the Text & Further ReadingChronological TableTranslator's NotePreface to Andromache--AndromachePreface to Hecabe--HecabePreface to Suppliant Women--Suppliant WomenPreface to Electra--ElectraPreface to Trojan Women--Trojan WomenNotesBibliographyGlossary of Mytholog...
"More like Meh-dea, amiright?"I am not typically a fan of ancient writings, and Medea was no exception. That said, I didn't dislike the play so much as I was rather bored by it. I was also rather annoyed at the depiction of Medea as an insane monster (even though I knew it was coming): but hell hath...
This does not really sit at the top of the list of Euripides' great plays, but then I suspect that this appeared in the volume of other playes (that is plays that weren't the seven great plays) that ended up surviving. In a way it seemed similar to some of the other plays of Euripides that I have re...
Never take hasty decisions Never judge too fast For the consequences may be Greater than you can bear. Tarnished by pride, Hippolytus dares to defy Aphrodite. He refuses to show due respect to her, so she obtains revenge. She uses his father’s wife to bring him to his doom, and in this ordeal, ma...
At first I thought I saw similarities between this and Shelley's Cerci, but I guess the themes in this play are a little different. The idea of the powerful oppressing the powerless is a similar theme but the two plays end up diverging quite significantly. The story itself involves the queen of Athe...
Reading progress update: I've read 138 out of 206 pages. Medea: You will regret what you did to me, Jason! Jason: I regretted it alright How great can your anger be? To what extent are you ready to hurt those who hurt you? Would you kill your own children to appease a great offense? Medea is rea...
I should mention that technically this play should come under 'I' as opposed to 'H' (and I almost put it under 'I' without thinking) namely because Greek does not actually have an 'H'. What they have are rough and smooth breathings, which is a little symbol that appears at the front of a word that b...
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