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Medea and other plays
Euripides · 1963 · 205 pages
DramaTranslations into EnglishMedea (Greek mythology)Hippolytus (Greek mythology)Electra (Greek mythology)Heracles (Greek mythology)
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About this book
The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms.
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