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The Suppliants
(Tragedy, Greek, 423 BCE, 1,234 lines)Introduction "The Suppliants" (also known as "The Suppliant Women"; Gr: "Hiketides"; Lat: "Supplices") is a t...
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The Trojan Women
(Tragedy, Greek, 415 BCE, 1,332 lines)Introduction "The Trojan Women" (Gr: "Troädes") is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It wa...
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Electra
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 418 BCE, 1,359 lines) Introduction | Synopsis | Analysis | ResourcesIntroduction "Electra" (Gr: "Elektra") is a tragedy by the ...
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Helen (Euripides)
(Tragedy, Greek, 412 BCE, 1,692 lines)Introduction "Helen" (Gr: "Elene"; Lat: "Helena") is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides, fir...
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Heracles (Euripides)
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 416 BCE, 1,428 lines)Introduction "Heracles" or "The Madness of Heracles" (Gr: "Herakles Mainomenos"; Lat: "Hercules Furens") i...
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Orestes
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 407 BCE, 1,629 lines) Introduction | Synopsis | Analysis | ResourcesIntroduction "Orestes" is a late tragedy by the ancient Gre...
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Philoctetes
(Tragedy, Greek, 409 BCE, 1,471 lines)Introduction Philoctetes (Gr: Philoktetes) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, first perf...
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Electra
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 410 BCE, 1,510 lines)Introduction Electra (Gr: Elektra) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, probably dating...
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Euripides
(Tragic Playwright, Greek, c. 480 – c. 406 BCE)Introduction Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Greece (the other two...
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The Trachiniae
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 440 BCE, 1,278 lines)Introduction “The Trachiniae” (Gr: “Trachiniai”, also known as “The Trachinian Women”, “The Women of Trach...
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Antigone
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 442 BCE, 1,352 lines)Introduction - Who wrote Antigone “Antigone” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, writt...
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Ajax
(Tragedy, Greek, c. 444 BCE, 1,421 lines)Introduction “Ajax” (Gr: “Aias”) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. Although the exac...
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