Euripides

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September 22, 0480 in Salamís, Greece

died

December 31, 0405

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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 alphabetical order.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 25,827 ratings · 890 reviews · 310 distinct works

	Medea by Euripides, Rex Warner (Translator), Dover Thrift Editions 3.76 avg rating — 11,563 ratings — published -431 — 120 editions	My rating:
	Medea and Other Plays by Euripides, John Davie (Translator), Richard Rutherford (Introduction and Notes) 3.95 avg rating — 3,643 ratings — published -428 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish (Translator), Frederic Raphaie (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 2,395 ratings — published -450 — 90 editions	My rating:
	The Trojan Women by Euripides, Gilbert Murray (Translator, Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 1,109 ratings — published -415 — 45 editions	My rating:
	Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus by Euripides, Richmond Lattimore (Editor), David Grene (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 1955 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae by Euripides, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1922 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Bacchae and Other Plays: Ion, The Women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae by Euripides, Philip Vellacott (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 568 ratings — published -410 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Electra 3.87 avg rating — 478 ratings — published -420 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Hippolytus by Euripides, Richard Hamilton 3.72 avg rating — 516 ratings — published -428 — 41 editions	My rating:
	Ten Plays by Euripides by Euripides, Moses Hadas (Translator, Introduction), John Maclean (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1960 — 14 editions	My rating:

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Series by Euripides

The New Greek Tragedy in Modern Translations (1 book)
by Euripides, Richard Hamilton

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Quotes by Euripides

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

tags: wisdom

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“Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.”
― Euripides

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“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

4 votes, 66.7%

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

0 votes, 0.0%

Something I'll write below in comments

0 votes, 0.0%

Poetry

0 votes, 0.0%

6 total votes

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