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    Euripides

    Little is known of the life of Euripides. He was born about 485 B.C. on the island of Salamis and may have begun a career as a painter before writing in the drama competitions in 455 B.C. During his lifetime his plays were often produced, but he won the Athenian drama prize only four times. He died in 406 B.C.

    Euripides was a prolific writer, the author of some eighty-eight or more plays, of which nineteen have survived under his name. He was criticized by the conservatives of his time for introducing shabby heroes and immoral women into his plays, a practice that they considered degrading to the noble form of tragedy. However, audiences to whom his predecessors were cold and remote found Euripides direct and appealing.

    Euripides became immensely popular after he died and his influence altered drama forever. Considered by George Bernard Shaw to be the greatest of the Greek dramatists, Euripides is now regarded by many as the originator of the dramatic sensibility that developed into what we call "modern" European drama.
    The Greek Plays
    The Greek Plays
    Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
    Sophocles , Aeschylus , Euripides
    9780812983098
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 05, 2017
    Modern Library
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Greek Tragedy
    Greek Tragedy
    Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles
    9780141439365
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    May 26, 2009
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Bacchae and Other Plays
    The Bacchae and Other Plays
    Euripides
    9780140447262
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 25, 2006
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Medea and Other Plays
    Medea and Other Plays
    Euripides
    9780140449297
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 29, 2003
    Penguin Classics
    Electra and Other Plays
    Electra and Other Plays
    Euripides
    Euripides
    9780140446685
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 01, 1999
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Euripides
    Euripides
    Ten Plays
    Euripides
    9780451527004
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Oct 01, 1998
    Signet
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Ten Plays by Euripides
    Ten Plays by Euripides
    Euripides
    9780553213638
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Aug 01, 1990
    Bantam Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Medea and Other Plays
    Medea and Other Plays
    Euripides
    9780140441291
    $11.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 30, 1963
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Books

    The Greek Plays
    The Greek Plays
    Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
    Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides
    9780812983098
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 05, 2017
    Modern Library
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Greek Tragedy
    Greek Tragedy
    Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles
    9780141439365
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    May 26, 2009
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Bacchae and Other Plays
    The Bacchae and Other Plays
    Euripides
    9780140447262
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 25, 2006
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Medea and Other Plays
    Medea and Other Plays
    Euripides
    9780140449297
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 29, 2003
    Penguin Classics
    Electra and Other Plays
    Electra and Other Plays
    Euripides
    Euripides
    9780140446685
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 01, 1999
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Euripides
    Euripides
    Ten Plays
    Euripides
    9780451527004
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Oct 01, 1998
    Signet
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Ten Plays by Euripides
    Ten Plays by Euripides
    Euripides
    9780553213638
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Aug 01, 1990
    Bantam Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Medea and Other Plays
    Medea and Other Plays
    Euripides
    9780140441291
    $11.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 30, 1963
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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