Heracles - format ePub

The Cyclops Euripides - When Odysseus arrives he meets Silenus and offers to trade wine for food. Being a servant of Dionysus, Silenus cannot resist obtaining the wine despite the fact that the food is...

Medea es seguramente la obra maestra de Eurípides, mostrando hasta que extremos aberrantes pueden llegar las pasiones desmedidas. En esta tragedia, Eurípides presenta a un Jasón, que vuelto de sus viajes,...

“Hécuba” forma parte de la serie de tragedias escritas por el gran dramaturgo griego Eurípides. Basada en el Ciclo Troyano está datada hacia el 424 a.C. Antes de la toma de Troya, los reyes Príamo y...

“Las Fenicias” datada hacia el año 410 a.C. es la tragedia de Eurípides basada en una parte del Ciclo Tebano. Yocasta, madre de Edipo, se había casado con él sin saber su parentesco y fue por ello madre...

“Ifigenia en Áulide” es el título de la tragedia escrita por Eurípides en el 409 a.C. Agamenón debe sacrificar a su hija Ifigenia para que el contingente aqueo congregado en Áulide pueda partir hacia...

Estrenada en Atenas en el 428 a.C., “Hipólito” es una de las más afamadas tragedias escritas por Eurípides. En la mitología, Hipólito, gran amante de la caza y las artes violentas, veneraba a la diosa...

Datada hacia el año 408 a.C., “Orestes” es una de las últimas tragedias de Eurípides. Orestes, tras haber matado a su madre Clitemnestra, estaba en Argos y seguía siendo perseguido por las Erinias, por...

Datada hacia el 423 a.C. “Las Suplicantes” es una de las más afamadas tragedias de Eurípides. La obra se abre con las madres de los argivos caídos en el ataque a las siete puertas de Tebas, refugiadas...

“Las Troyanas” es una de las más conocidas tragedias de Eurípides. En ella pone en escena el último día de la destrucción de Troya, con el sufrimiento de las mujeres troyanas y el saqueo de los vencedores....

Datada hacia el 428 a.C., “ Alcestis” es una de las primeras tragedias conservadas del dramaturgo griego Eurípides. En ella cuenta la historia de Alcestis, la única hija del tirano Pelias (tío de Jasón...

No play of Euripides is more admired than Hippolytus. The tale of a married woman stirred to passion for a younger man was traditional, but Euripides modified this story and blended it with one of divine...

In this new translation of Euripides' celebrated Greek tragedy, W.S. Merwin and George E. Dimock, Jr. offer a compelling look at the devastating consequence of 'man's inhumanity to man.' A stern critique...

Euripides, one of the three great Greek tragedians was born in Attica probably in 485 B.C. of well-to-do parents. In his youth he cultivated gymnastic pursuits and studied philosophy and rhetoric. Soon...

Produced more frequently on the ancient stage than any other tragedy, Orestes retells with striking innovations the story of the young man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father. Though...

Hecuba is a tragedy by Euripides written c. 424 BC. It takes place after the Trojan War, but before the Greeks have departed Troy (roughly the same time as The Trojan Women, another play by Euripides)....

“ Andrómaca” es otra de las tragedias de Eurípides, datada hacia el 425 a.C. Su trama es la guerra en toda su crueldad: la crítica de su misma existencia. No hay que olvidar que Atenas estaba desde...

Zauberei, Eifersucht und Kindsmord haben "Medea" zu einem der berühmtesten Dramen der griechischen Antike gemacht. Die Königstochter Medea hat für ihren Liebhaber Jason alles aufgegeben, ihre Familie...

Um dem Sterblichen Admetos seine Gunst zu erweisen, bietet Apollo, der Sonnengott, an, dessen Tod aufzuschieben. Doch es muss jemand an Admetos’ Stelle treten. Seine Frau Alkestis ist bereit, dieses Opfer...

Rachsüchtige Götter, Ehre, Verrat und Skrupellosigkeit bilden den Stoff für eine der berühmtesten Tragödien der griechischen Antike. Der trojanische Krieg hat begonnen und die griechische Flotte ist in...

Pentheus, der König Thebens, weigert sich, die Göttlichkeit des Dionysos anzuerkennen – mit dramatischen Folgen. Aus Rache entführt der Gott alle Frauen der griechischen Stadt, auch Pentheus’ eigene Mutter,...

One of the greatest playwrights of Ancient Greece, the works of Euripides (484-406 BC) were revolutionary in their depiction of tragic events caused by flawed humanity, and in their use of the gods as...

Written during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens, these six plays by Euripides brilliantly utilize traditional legends to illustrate the futility of war. The...

Medea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the...

Rachsüchtige Götter, Ehre, Verrat und Skrupellosigkeit bilden den Stoff für eine der berühmtesten Tragödien der griechischen Antike. Der trojanische Krieg hat begonnen und die griechische Flotte ist in...

The story of Medea is only one part of a myth about the Argonauts' campaign. It portrays Jason joining a battle with fire-breathing bulls and a dragon guarding the Golden Fleece, Medea is helping him...

Heracles Euripides - Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play, innovative in its treatment of the myth, bold in its dramatic structure, and filled with effective human pathos. The play tells a tale...

Andromache Euripides - Clinging to the altar of the sea-goddess Thetis for sanctuary, Andromache delivers the play's prologue, in which she mourns her misfortune (the destruction of Troy, the deaths of...

Iphigenia At Aulis Euripides - Euripides turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first victory in the dramatic competitions of the Athenian City Dionysia in 441 b.c.e. He would be awarded...

The Trojan Women Euripides - The play begins with the god Poseidon lamenting the fall of Troy. He is joined by the goddess Athena, who is incensed by the Greeks exoneration of Ajax the Lessers actions...

Alcestis Euripides - Alcestis is one of Euripides' richest and most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. But, apart from D. J. Conacher's student text, no annotated edition in English has...

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