Euripides
Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived more or less complete. There are many fragments of most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declined—he became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander.
Books by Euripides
4 books available
Medea and Other Plays
by Euripides
4.0(14,330)
When gods stay silent, Euripides shows the raw human rage of betrayed queens and vengeful daughters as they break society's rules to get their horrific justice.
The Trojan Women
by Euripides
In the ruins of Troy, captive royal women, stripped of their city and men, are divided as war prizes, their pain showing the brutal cost of victory.
Iphigenia in Aulis
by Euripides
4.0(3,602)
To launch a thousand ships, King Agamemnon must silence a daughter's scream, twisting a heroic war into a heart-wrenching family sacrifice.
Medea
by Euripides
4.1(3,053)
Medea, a sorceress and princess, seeks brutal revenge on her betraying husband, Jason, sacrificing everything, even her children, to make him suffer, forcing a look at the destructive power of unchecked passion and the complex nature of justice.