Euripides
Born 480 BCE · Died 406 BCE
From Salamis Island, Attica Region, Greece · Nationality: Classical Athens · Writes nonfiction
Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles). Ancient scholars thought that Euripides had written ninety-five plays, although four of those were probably written by Critias. Eighteen or nineteen of Euripides' plays have survived complete. There has been debate about his authorship of Rhesus, largely on stylistic grounds and ignoring classical evidence that the play was his.[1] Fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays also survive. More of his plays have survived than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, because of the unique nature of the Euripidean manuscript tradition. (Source.)
Quotes
“θνητῶν γὰρ οὐδείς ἐστιν εὐδαίμων ἀνήρ.”
Medea 431 BC
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Euripides in order
Books by Euripides in the order they were published, from Four Plays (2004) to Grief Lessons (2006).
- 1Four Plays
Four Plays2004 - 2Grief Lessons
Grief Lessons2006 - 3Andromache
Andromache - 4Bacchantes
Bacchantes - 5Euripides
Euripides - 6Euripides Heracles
Euripides Heracles - 7Hecuba
Hecuba - 8Helena
Helena - 9Hiketides
Hiketides - 10Hippolytus
Hippolytus - 11Ion
Ion - 12Iphigeneia at Aulis
Iphigeneia at Aulis - 13Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris - 14Medea and Other Plays
Medea and Other Plays - 15Orestes
Orestes - 16Phoenissae
Phoenissae - 17Ten Plays
Ten Plays - 18The Alcestis of Euripides
The Alcestis of Euripides - 19The Bacchae, and Other Plays
The Bacchae, and Other Plays - 20The Cyclops
The Cyclops - 21The Electra
The Electra - 22The Medea of Euripides
The Medea of Euripides - 23The Medea of Euripides, a Translation by Rex WarnerThe Medea of Euripides, a Translation by Rex Warner
- 24Troades
Troades