The complete online text of The Electra of Euripides by Euripides.

Of the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles). His plays are notable for containing both tragic pathos and the nimb...

Of the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen, in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles). His plays are notable for containing both tragic pathos and the nim...

Euripides (480-406 BC) was a Greek playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the Greek poets. He is certainly the most revolutionary Greek tragedian known in modern times. Euripides was the son of Mnesarchus. The family owned property on the is...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Electra Background: Electra dramatizes the same events as do Aeschylus' Choephoroe and Sophocles' Electra. Aeschylus' version was the second part of a trilogy which had profound religious significance. Euripides emphasizes the psychological states of his characters. In some respects, Euripides is...

(GREEK TRAGEDY; ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER; 1,043 SEATS; $60 TOP) NEW YORK An Eric Krebs, Randall L. Wreghitt, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams and Lawrence Horowitz presentation of the McCarter Theater/Donmar Warehouse and Duncan C. Weldon production of a play in one act by...