3 Plays: Bacchae / Hippolytus / Medea
by Euripides
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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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- 3 Plays: Bacchae / Hippolytus / Medea
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- 431 BCE Medea; 428 BCE Hippolytus; 406 BCE The Bacchae
- First words
- (The Bacchae) I am Dionysus, son of Zeus.
(Hippolytus) Powerful among mortals, glorious among the gods, I am Aphrodite, named in heaven the Cyprian.
(Medea) If only they had never gone!
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- 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
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- PA3975 .A2 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Individual authors Euripedes
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