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Euripides

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Salamís, Greece

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Theatre, Poetry, Classics

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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 alp ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 189,609 ratings · 9,164 reviews · 2,138 distinct works • Similar authors

	Medea 3.92 avg rating — 70,666 ratings — published -431 — 931 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.90 avg rating — 20,364 ratings — published -405 — 612 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Richard Rutherford (Editor), John Davie (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 17,799 ratings — published -428 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.85 avg rating — 10,236 ratings — published -415 — 393 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.95 avg rating — 6,856 ratings — published -420 — 242 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 by Euripides, Philip Vellacott (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 5,645 ratings — published -414 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Hippolytos by Euripides, Robert Bagg (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 5,761 ratings — published -428 — 380 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.03 avg rating — 4,843 ratings — published -405 — 283 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Emily Townsend Vermeule (Introduction), Elizabeth Wyckoff (Introduction) 4.20 avg rating — 3,606 ratings — published 1922 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Alcestis 3.84 avg rating — 3,702 ratings — published -438 — 266 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Series by Euripides

Teatro Completo (3 books)
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Euripides,

Jaa Torrano (Translator)

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings

Théâtre d'Euripide et fragments (1 book)
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Euripides,

Gustave Hinstin (Translator)

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