Saturday, September 23, 2006

Euripides

This is the day we celebrate the birth of one of ancient Greece's greatest dramatists, Euripides. He reshaped Attic drama by featuring petty gods, flawed heroes, strong women, and smart slaves.

Of his more than 90 plays, 19 survive (more than Aeschylus and Sophocles together), among them Alcestis, The Bacchae, Elektra, Iphigenia At Aulis, Iphegenia in Tauris, Medea, and The Trojan Women.

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