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Heracles/ Iphigenia Among the Taurians/ Helen/ Ion/ Cyclops: Of these plays, only 'Heracles' truly belongs in the tragic sphere with its presentation of underserved suffering and divine malignity. The other plays flirt with comedy and comic themes. Their plots are ironic and complex with deception...

“Euripides' Electra was a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles' version of the Electra story.” (Citation from Wikipedia: The free Encyclopaedia) “The play begins with the introduction of...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

Euripides (480 BC-406 BC) is revered as one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, and produced the largest body of extant work by any ancient playwright. He is considered to be the most modern of the three, and his works laid the foundation for Western...

Euripides (480 BC-406 BC) is revered as one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, and produced the largest body of extant work by any ancient playwright. He is considered to be the most modern of the three, and his works laid the foundation for Western...

The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In THE BIRDS, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. THE KNIGHTS is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while THE...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

Hippolytus By Euripides In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite. In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed by the playwright's moral and religious fascination--we find a Phaidra...

Extrait : "ANTOINE : César, tu vas régner ; voici le jour auguste Où le peuple romain, pour toi toujours injuste, Changé par tes vertus, va reconnaître en toi Son vainqueur, son appui, son vengeur, et son roi. Antoine, tu le sais, ne connait point l'envie : J'ai chéri plus que toi la gloire de...

Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes, published in 1813 in nine cantos with seventeen notes, is the first large poetic work written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), the English Romantic poet. This poem was written early in Shelley's career and serves as a foundation to his theory of revolution....

Plaute - Comédies Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Plaute éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. Liste des...

Aristófanes es un autor de comedias griego del siglo V a.C. En su obra critica mordazmente a la sociedad de su época. Muchas veces utiliza a las mujeres para llevar a cabo estos ataques ofreciéndonos una interesante perspectiva de su vida en este período. Aparte de su aguda crítica resulta especialmente...

Obra presentada durante el concurso de las fiestas Leneas en el 422 a. C., donde obtuvo el primer premio, por delante de "Proagón", de Filónides y "Embajadores", de Leucón. Debe su nombre a la identificación del coro, formado por miembros de los tribunales atenienses, con avispas...