Ion
by Euripides
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One of Euripides' late plays, Ion is a complex enactment of mortals' attempts to understand the actions of the gods and their own conflicted natures.Tags
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Of the handful of Euripides' plays I've read, this is in the top half.
Edition: Second Edition // Descr: xxvi, 198 p. 17 cm. // Series: Classical Series Call No. { 882 E7 13 } With an Introduction, Notes, and Appendices by M.A. Bayfield. // //
Ione
Sarà pure diventato l'iniziatore della stirpe ionica però... in mezz'ora trova il padre vero, ma che nun è quello vero, pe regalo la matrigna (quando non sa ancora che è suo figlio naturale) lo vole ammazzà, ma lui scampa e a sua volta vole ammazzà a lei, a quer punto scappa la pizia e dice che loro sò madre e figlio e che er padre de prima pure se nun è quello vero nun deve sapè niente (tanto pe cambià). Aò che mar de testa...
Sarà pure diventato l'iniziatore della stirpe ionica però... in mezz'ora trova il padre vero, ma che nun è quello vero, pe regalo la matrigna (quando non sa ancora che è suo figlio naturale) lo vole ammazzà, ma lui scampa e a sua volta vole ammazzà a lei, a quer punto scappa la pizia e dice che loro sò madre e figlio e che er padre de prima pure se nun è quello vero nun deve sapè niente (tanto pe cambià). Aò che mar de testa...
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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. show more 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) show less
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5 Plays: Bacchae / Heracles / Children of Heracles / Phoenician Women / Suppliant Women by Euripides
Great Books of The Western World: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes by Robert Maynard Hutchins (indirect)
10 Plays: Alcestis / Andromache / Children of Heracles / Helen / Hippolytus / Ion / Medea / Rhesus / Suppliant Women / Trojan Women by Euripides
9 Plays: Cyclops / Ion / Iphigenia in Aulis / Iphigenia in Tauris / Medea / Orestes / Phoenician Women / Suppliant Women / Trojan Women by Euripides
Euripides III: Hecuba, Andromache, The Trojan Women, Ion (The Complete Greek Tragedies) (Vol 5) by Euripides
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Ион
- Original publication date
- 414 BCE
- People/Characters
- Hermes; Ion; Creusa; Xuthus; Priestess of Apollo; Athena
- Important places
- Delphi, Greece
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Poetry
- DDC/MDS
- 882.01 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek dramatic poetry and drama standard subdivisions; collections; history, description, critical appraisal; Specific periods Ancient period to ca. 499
- LCC
- PA3975 .I6 .D5 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Individual authors Euripedes
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