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Euripides I : Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)published: 1955 (my copy is a 26th printing from 1993)format: 224 page Paperbackacquired: May 30 from a Half-Price Booksread: July 5-9rating: 4 starsEach play had a different translatorAlcestis (481 bce) -translated by Lattimore, Richard c1955The Medea (431 bce) -translated by David Grene c1944The Heracleidae (circa 430 bce) -translated by Rex Warner c1955Hippolytus (by 428 bce) -translated by Ra 43. Euripides I : Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)published: 1955 (my copy is a 26th printing from 1993)format: 224 page Paperbackacquired: May 30 from a Half-Price Booksread: July 5-9rating: 4 starsEach play had a different translatorAlcestis (481 bce) -translated by Lattimore, Richard c1955The Medea (431 bce) -translated by David Grene c1944The Heracleidae (circa 430 bce) -translated by Rex Warner c1955Hippolytus (by 428 bce) -translated by Ralph Gladstone c1942“Perhaps the most significant remark about Euripides and Sophocles is that supposed to have been made by Sophocles, that he himself showed men as they ought to be (or as one ought to show them) but Euripides showed them as they actually were.” -from Lattimore's introduction.That is a bit of silly comment because no one stands and delivers long, uninterrupted dialogues about private thoughts which they don't actually want anyone to know about. But the statement does have some logic. Sophocles characters are higher, more heroic in statement and action. Euripides characters aren't. Even his heroes and gods speak very regularly. In translation, the works come in long inexorable monologues that don't appear to translate well to poetry, and that don't really strike the reader, or at least didn't strike this reader, until later on when you realize how terrible everything turned out and how terrible it was what they thought, said and did. They create what I like to think of as the build up of a quiet hidden energy, of a very dark sort. They also end almost suddenly, and certainly not in any satisfying manner.These are the four oldest of Euripides plays. Each seems interesting in taking a very dark happening in the mythology, and dragging it out, putting words to these terrible things. Alcestis Before the opening of the play: Apollo was sentenced to serve Admetus, a king in Thessaly, for a year. Treated well, he rewards Admetus. He helps Admetus to do some impossible tasks to win the hand of Acestis as his wife. But, in the process, Admetus forget a critical sacrifice to Artemus, who plans to have him killed by snakes. Apollo miraculously negotiates with the Fates and gets Admetus's life an extension-but someone must volunteer to die in his place. No one would agree to this, not even his aging parents. Finally Alcestus agrees (making her, apparently, an ideal Ancient Greek wife. ) That all happens off the stage, and is never explained within the play. The play opens with Alcestic about to die, and Apollo negotiating for her life with death himself, Thanatos. Apollo, fails, but promises to send Heracles to make things right. Meanwhile, Alcestis has to die, and her husband, and children and servants must witness it. This tragedy is the heart of the play. Heracles shows up, unaware of anything. The mourning is hid from Heracles, who proceeds to get drunk and happy and then get confused about why no one will join him. But, what is strange to me, is that even though Heracles does create a happy ending, the tragedy is what hangs around.This was not Euripides first play. He had been writing for years. But this is the oldest we still have. Medea This seems to be Euripides most important play(??) . Medea, a conflicted hero from Jason and the Argonauts, is, here, a fascinating character. She is the barbarian from the east (from the Black Sea), unstable, uncivilized, a ruthless personality and a sorcer","cbCaiuJcccqjdyih","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuJcccqjdyih","pdf",77737,6,"English","# Euripides I - Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus\n## Publication, reading details, and translators\n## Alcestis (overview)\n## Medea (overview)\n## Heracleidae (overview)","[{\"question\":\"What makes these four Euripides plays stand out according to the notes?\",\"answer\":\"They focus on very dark mythic happenings and stretch them through extended, emotionally charged monologues that feel impactful more gradually in translation.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the plot of Alcestis summarized in the notes?\",\"answer\":\"A hidden chain of divine events leads to Alcestis agreeing to die in exchange for Admetus, and the play opens with her impending death and Apollo’s failed effort to change it.\"},{\"question\":\"What conflict drives Medea in these notes?\",\"answer\":\"Jason abandons Medea for political reasons, triggering her anger and jealousy, which culminates in a calculated revenge that includes killing her children and denouncing Jason without remorse.\"}]","Euripides I - Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies) - review notes | PDF",1789522337]