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Perhaps the first thing to strike us—paradoxical as it may sound to say so—about the Athenian 'Old Comedy' is its modernness. Of its very nature, satiric drama comes later than Epic and Lyric poetry, Tragedy or History; Aristophanes follows Homer and Simonides, Sophocles and Thucydides. Of its...

Euripides was one of the greatest Greek tragedians and is considered one of the most important figures in ancient literature.  Euripides is thought to have written close to 100 plays and almost 20 of them have survived.  This edition of The Cyclops includes a table of contents.

Euripides was one of the greatest Greek tragedians and is considered one of the most important figures in ancient literature.  Euripides is thought to have written close to 100 plays and almost 20 of them have survived.  This edition of The Heracleidae includes a table of contents.

Euripides was one of the greatest Greek tragedians and is considered one of the most important figures in ancient literature.  Euripides is thought to have written close to 100 plays and almost 20 of them have survived.  This edition of Andromache includes a table of contents.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely...

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely...

Sophocles was one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.  Sophocles wrote over 100 plays but only 7 have survived including the famous Oedipus trilogy.  This edition of The Trachiniae includes a table of contents.

Socrates is a 1759 French play in three acts written by Voltaire. It is set in Ancient Greece during the events just before the trial and death of Greek philosopher Socrates. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion. The main characters besides the...

Œdipe est une tragédie du philosophe et dramaturge romain Sénèque.   Ce livre numérique comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.   Extrait :   Œdipe. Une clarté...

Médée est une tragédie romaine du philosophe romain Sénèque.   Ce livre numérique comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.   Extrait :   Dieux...

Œdipe roi est une tragédie grecque de Sophocle, représentée entre 430 et 420 av. J.-C.   Elle met en scène la découverte par Œdipe de son terrible destin. Alors qu'il avait accédé au trône de Thèbes après avoir triomphé...

Quelques auteurs prétendent que la philosophie a pris naissance chez les barbares : ainsi Aristote, dans le traité de la Magie, et Sotion, au vingt-troisième livre de la Succession des Philosophes, disent qu’elle fut cultivée chez les Perses par les mages, chez les Babyloniens...

The Odyssey, woven through the streets of Winnipeg. Hector Ashton staggers out of the St. Boniface Hospital psych ward and falls into the Red River. In his delusional state he thinks that he is Odysseus and has been swept into the river Styx. By the time Hector manages to struggle out of the...

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