Euripides V: Electra, The Phoenician Women, The Bacchae - Softcover

Euripides is known in literature & fiction circles as a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Euripides is one of the few whose dramas & plays have survived. Ancient & medieval scholars have attributed 95 dramas & plays to Euripides, of which 19 are known to have survived more or less complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced drama & plays down to modern times. He was unique among the writers of ancient & medieval Athens for the sympathy he demonstrated towards all victims of society, including women. This anthology volume of Euripides V includes the drama & play Electra, the Greek tragedy The Phoenician Women, and the posthumously produced Greek tragedy The Bacchae.

Euripides (c. 480 406 BCE) wrote some ninety plays, nineteen of which have survived.