The Greek Tragedies of Euripides

The Greek Tragedies of EuripidesTranslated and Revised by Theodore Alois BuckleyEuripides: c. 480 - c. 406 BC, was a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly due to mere chance and partly because his popularity grew as theirs declined - he became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes and Menander.CONTENTS1. Alcestis 2. Andromache 3. The Bacchantes 4. The Cyclops 5. Electra 6. Hecuba 7. Helen 8. The Heracleidae 9. Heracles 10. Hippolytus 11. Ion 12. Iphigenia at Aulis 13. Iphigenia in Tauris 14. Medea 15. Orestes 16. The Phoenissae 17. Rhesus 18. The Suppliants 19. The Trojan Women