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Author photo. Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 330 BC, <br>Museo Pio-Clementino<br> (Credit: Marie Lan-Nguyen, 2006)

Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 330 BC,
Museo Pio-Clementino
(Credit: Marie Lan-Nguyen, 2006)

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Euripides was born in Attica, Greece probably in 480 B.C. He was the youngest of the three principal fifth-century tragic poets. In his youth he cultivated gymnastic pursuits and studied philosophy and rhetoric. Soon after he received recognition for a play that he had written, Euripides left Athens for the court of Archelaus, king of Macedonia. Fragments of about fifty-five plays survive. Among his best-known plays are Alcestis, Medea and Philoctetes, Electra, Iphigenia in Tauris, The Trojan Women, and Iphigenia in Aulis Iphigenia. He died in Athens in 406 B.C. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Medea [in Translation]… (more)
Medea [in Translation] 2,810 copies, 46 reviews
Bacchae [Greek text] 1,375 copies, 18 reviews
The Bacchae and Other Plays 1,213 copies, 10 reviews
Ten plays by Euripides 1,038 copies, 2 reviews
Alcestis 732 copies, 16 reviews
Bacchae [translated] 662 copies, 7 reviews
The Trojan Women 650 copies, 8 reviews
Hippolytus 428 copies, 19 reviews
Ten Plays 426 copies, 2 reviews
Iphigenia in Tauris (Author) 358 copies, 8 reviews
Iphigenia in Aulis 355 copies, 8 reviews
Electra 312 copies, 5 reviews
Helen 219 copies, 3 reviews
Heracles 193 copies, 2 reviews
Orestes 173 copies, 2 reviews
Electra and Other Plays 154 copies, 1 review
Cyclops 146 copies
Ion 133 copies, 2 reviews
Rhesus [in translation] 122 copies, 2 reviews
Hecuba [Greek text] 98 copies, 2 reviews
Andromache [in translation] 82 copies, 1 review
Five Great Greek Tragedies (Thrift Edition) (Contributor) 77 copies, 1 review
Euripides 75 copies, 1 review
Plays of the Greek Dramatists (Contributor) 51 copies
The Plays of Euripides 42 copies, 1 review
Tragedias 40 copies
Eén familie, acht tragedies (Author) 34 copies
2 Plays: Bacchae / Medea 27 copies, 1 review
Tragedias I 19 copies, 2 reviews
The Rhesus of Euripides 17 copies, 1 review
Na de val van Troje 16 copies, 1 review
Tragödien 15 copies, 1 review
Tragiques grecs 14 copies, 1 review
Tutte le tragedie 11 copies, 1 review
Helen (Greek) 10 copies
Phaethon 10 copies
Nine Plays 9 copies
Euripides 9 copies
Euripides 9 copies
2 Plays: Alcestis / Medea 9 copies, 1 review
Tragoediae 7 copies
Las troyanas ; Las bacantes 7 copies, 1 review
Elena: Ione 7 copies
Euripides II 6 copies
Eracle 6 copies
Resos 6 copies, 1 review
Hypsipyle 6 copies
Le tragedie 5 copies
Plays III 4 copies
Euripides I 4 copies
Bacchantes 4 copies
Andromache 4 copies
Sengrieķu traģēdijas (Author) 3 copies
Kyklops 3 copies
Tutte le tragedie vol. 2 3 copies, 1 review
Tragédies 3 copies
Os Heraclidas 3 copies
Tragèdies 3 copies
The Hecuba of Euripides (Author) 3 copies
Tragedie 3 copies
Ciclope 3 copies
Íon 3 copies
Medea 2 copies, 1 review
Electra 2 copies, 1 review
The Trojan Women 2 copies, 1 review
Herakles. Ion 2 copies
Tragèdies 2 copies
Las Fenicias 2 copies, 1 review
Tragèdies I 2 copies
Tragèdies 2 copies
Hipolito 2 copies
Le troadi 2 copies
Euripide 2 copies
El cÍclope 2 copies, 2 reviews
Traģēdijas 2 copies
L'Ecuba 2 copies
Tragedie 2 copies
Euripides 2 copies
Fabulae, II 2 copies
Tragedies 2 copies
Hippolytos 2 copies
Bakkhalar 1 copy
Elektra 1 copy
Tragedies 1 copy
Tragedie 1 copy
Bakkhai 1 copy
Médeia 1 copy
Andromaca 1 copy, 1 review
Tragedijos 1 copy
I Cretesi 1 copy
ΕΚΑΒΗ 1 copy
Fenicias 1 copy
ΡΗΣΟΣ 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy, 1 review
P'esy. 1 copy
Eurípides 1 copy
TRAGEDIAS 1 copy
Tragedias 1 copy
Tragédias 1 copy
Teatro Grego 1 copy, 1 review
Medea 1 copy
Tragedies 1 copy, 1 review
Alceste 1 copy
Tragedias 1 copy
Euripides 1 copy
Troianes 1 copy
Ippolito 1 copy, 1 review
Trages 1 copy
Andromaque 1 copy
Héraclès 1 copy
Supplici ; Elettra 1 copy, 1 review
Bachantele 1 copy
Rhésos 1 copy
Euripedes 1 copy
ΙΩΝ 1 copy
ΕΛΕΝΗ 1 copy
The Phoenician Women 1 copy, 1 review
Tragedie 1 copy
Euripedes Hippolytus (Author) 1 copy
Théâtre 1 copy
Électre 1 copy
3 1 copy
Fabulae t2 1 copy
Hippolyte 1 copy
Fabulae t3 1 copy
Fabulae t1 1 copy
Helena 1 copy
Tragedier 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Medeia 1 copy
Heracled 1 copy
Obras dramáticas (Author) 1 copy
[Plays] 1 copy
LA DIECINUEVE TRAGEDIAS 1 copy, 1 review
Ελένη 1 copy
Ίων 1 copy
Εκάβη 1 copy
Ρησος 1 copy
Tragèdies 1 copy
Εκάβη 1 copy
Ίων 1 copy
Ελένη 1 copy
Ρήσος 1 copy
Ten Plays 1 copy
Dramen 1 copy
Skuespil 1 copy
Tragödien 1 copy
[Oeuvres] 1 copy
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (Contributor) 1,372 copies, 2 reviews
Electra [3 plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides] (Auteur, some editions) 671 copies, 10 reviews
Greek tragedies, Volume 3 (Contributor; Contributor, some editions) 640 copies, 1 review
Iphigenia in Tauris 612 copies, 5 reviews
Greek tragedies, Volume 2 (Contributor) 471 copies, 2 reviews
Greek Drama (Bantam Classics) (Contributor) 469 copies, 1 review
Seven Famous Greek Plays (Contributor) 417 copies, 2 reviews
The Portable Greek Reader (Contributor, some editions) 385 copies
Eight Great Tragedies (Contributor) 378 copies, 1 review
Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations (Contributor) 301 copies, 1 review
The Complete Greek tragedies (Contributor) 198 copies, 1 review
Masterpieces of the Drama (Contributor) 173 copies, 2 reviews
An Anthology of Greek Drama: First Series (Author) 131 copies, 2 reviews
Four Greek Plays (Contributor) 77 copies, 1 review
Four Famous Greek Plays (Contributor) 75 copies, 1 review
Mister Heracles 17 copies
Medea: variazioni sul mito (Author) 15 copies, 2 reviews
The Trojan Women [1971 film] (Author) 10 copies, 1 review
Bronnen van blijmoedigheid (Contributor) 9 copies
Iphigenia [1977 film] (Author) 7 copies, 1 review
Drie Griekse tragedies (Contributor) 6 copies
Theatre 2 copies

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