Euripides

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in Salamís, Greece

September 21, 0480

died

December 30, 0405

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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(Greek: Ευριπίδης )
Euripides (Ancient Greek: Εὐριπίδης) (ca. 480 BC–406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles). Ancient scholars thought that Euripides had written ninety-five plays, although four of those were probably written by Critias. Eighteen of Euripides' plays have survived complete. It is now widely believed that what was thought to be a nineteenth, Rhesus, was probably not by Euripides. Fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays also survive. More of his plays have survived than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because of the chance preservation of a manuscript that was probably part of a complete collection of his works in alph...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 45,984 ratings · 1,181 reviews · 300 distinct works · Similar authors

	Medea by Euripides, Rex Warner (Translator) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 21,101 ratings — published -431 — 122 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medea and Other Plays by Euripides, John Davie (Translator), Richard Rutherford (Introduction and Notes) 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 4,818 ratings — published -428 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish (Translator), Frederic Raphaie (Translator) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 4,189 ratings — published -450 — 86 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus by Euripides, Richmond Lattimore (Editor), David Grene (Editor) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,069 ratings — published 1955 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trojan Women by Euripides, Gilbert Murray (Translator, Introduction) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,104 ratings — published -415 — 49 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae by Euripides, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 1922 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Electra by Euripides, Janet Lempke (translator) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published -420 — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bacchae and Other Plays: Ion, The Women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae by Euripides, Philip Vellacott (Translator) 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,227 ratings — published -410 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hippolytus by Euripides, Richard Hamilton 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 994 ratings — published -428 — 41 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, Nicholas Rudall (Translator) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 777 ratings — published -400 — 42 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The New Greek Tragedy in Modern Translations (1 book)
by Euripides, Richard Hamilton
3.765593561368209 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 994 ratings

Quotes by Euripides

“Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.”
― Euripides

tags: wisdom

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“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, Bacchae

tags: foolishness, rationality, reason, sense, stupidity, understanding

149 people liked it

“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”
― Euripides, Medea and Other Plays

tags: anger, bitterness, love

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Which do you prefer to read after "The Odyssey?

The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony

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Play by Aristophanes , Euripides , or Sophocles

1 vote, 16.7%

Historical novel by Mary Renault

1 vote, 16.7%

Graphic novel Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth

0 votes, 0.0%

Adapted epic or play

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Something I'll write below in comments

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Poetry

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6 total votes

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