Euripides Ten Plays -- Euripides

<b>A modern translation exclusive to signet</b> <p/> From perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including <i>Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women</i>, and <i>The Cyclops</i>.<p><br></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Euripides<br><b>Publisher:</b> Signet Book<br><b>Published:</b> 10/01/1998<br><b>Pages:</b> 608<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.62lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.79h x 4.24w x 1.34d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780451527004<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Euripides</b>, the youngest of the three great Athenian playwrights, was born around 485 BC of a family of good standing. He first competed in the dramatic festivals in 455 BC, coming only third; his record of success in the tragic competitions is lower than that of either Aeschylus or Sophocles. There is a tradition that he was unpopular, even a recluse; we are told that he composed poetry in a cave by the sea, near Salamis. What is clear from contemporary evidence, however, is that audiences were fascinated by his innovative and often disturbing dramas. His work was controversial already in his lifetime, and he himself was regarded as a 'clever' poet, associated with philosophers and other intellectuals. Towards the end of his life he went to live at the court of Archelaus, king of Macedon. It was during his time there that he wrote what many consider his