Euripides and His Age

by Gilbert Murray

 

EURIPIDES AND
HIS AGE

BY
GILBERT MURRAY
LL.D., D.Litt., F.B.A.

Regius Professor of Greek in the University
of Oxford

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Introductory	7
II	Sources for a Life of Euripides: Memories remaining in the Fourth Century: Youth: Athens after the Persian War: the great Sophists	20
III	What is a Greek Tragedy? Euripides' early Plays up to 438 b.c., "Alcestis" and "Telephus"	60
IV	Beginning of the War: the Plays of Maturity from "Medea" to "Heracles"	81
V	Full Expression: the Embittering of the War: Alcibiades and the Demagogues: the "Ion": the "Trojan Women"	107
VI	After 415: Euripides' last years in Athens: from "Andromeda" and "Iphigenia" to "Electra" and "Orestes"	142
VII	After 408: Macedonia: "Iphigenia in Aulis": "Bacchae"	165
VIII	The Art of Euripides: Traditional Form and Living Spirit: the Prologue, the Messenger, the "God from the Machine"	198
IX	The Art of Euripides, continued: The Chorus: Conclusion	228
	Bibliography	247
	Note on the Pronunciation of Names	251
	Index	253

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Editors:

HERBERT FISHER, M.A., F.B.A., LL.D.
PROF. GILBERT MURRAY, D.LITT., LL.D., F.B.A.
PROF. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A., LL.D.
PROF. WILLIAM T. BREWSTER, M.A.
(Columbia University, U.S.A.)

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