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21) Hippolytus
22) Ion
Ion (Ancient Greek: Ἴων, Iōn) is an ancient Greek play by Euripides, thought to be written between 414 and 412 BCE. It follows the orphan Ion in the discovery of his origins.
Outside the temple of Apollo at Delphi, Hermes recalls the time when Creusa, the daughter of Erectheus, mated with Apollo in a cave at Long Rocks under the Acropolis. Apollo concealed her pregnancy from her father and Creusa
...Iphigenia in Tauris (Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις, Iphigeneia en Taurois) is a drama by the playwright Euripides, written between 414 BC and 412 BCE.
Years before the time period covered by the play, the young princess Iphigeneia narrowly avoided death by sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon. At the last moment the goddess Artemis, to whom the sacrifice was to be made, intervened
...24) Rhesus
Rhesus (Greek: Ῥῆσος, Rhēsos) is an Athenian tragedy that belongs to the transmitted plays of Euripides, possibly written before 440 BCE. Its authorship has been disputed since antiquity. The conventional attribution to Euripides remains controversial.
In the middle of the night Trojan guards on the lookout for suspicious enemy activity sight bright fires in the Greek camp. They promptly inform Hector, who
...33) The Suppliants
The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.
After Oedipus leaves Thebes, his sons fight for control of it. Polynices lays siege to Thebes against his brother Eteocles. Polynices has married the daughter of Adrastus, King of Argos. And so Polynices has on his side the
...34) The Cyclops
The Cyclops, or Cyclops (Ancient Greek: Κύκλωψ, Kyklōps), is an ancient Greek satyr play by Euripides, based closely on an episode from the Odyssey. It would have been the fourth part of a tetralogy presented by Euripides in a dramatic festival in 5th Century BC Athens. The date of its composition is unknown, but it was probably written late in Euripides' career. It is the only complete and extant
...35) The Heracleidae
Children of Heracles (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλεῖδαι, Hērakleidai; also translated as Herakles' Children and Heracleidae) is an Athenian tragedy by Euripides that was first performed c. 430 BC. It follows the children of Heracles (known as the Heracleidae) as they seek protection from Eurystheus. Eurystheus was responsible for many of the troubles of Heracles. In order to prevent the children of
...36) The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women (Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, Trōiades), also translated as The Women of Troy, and also known by its transliterated Greek title Troades, is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. Produced in 415 BCE during the Peloponnesian War, it is often considered a commentary on the capture of the Aegean island of Melos and the subsequent slaughter and subjugation of its populace by the Athenians
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