Bücher von Euripides

Pentheus, der Konig Thebens, weigert sich, die Gottlichkeit des Dionysos anzuerkennen - mit dramatischen Folgen. Aus Rache entfuhrt der Gott alle Frauen der griechischen Stadt, auch Pentheus' eigene Mutter, auf einen wilden Berg und lasst sie der Trinksucht und dem Wahn verfallen. Pentheus versucht daraufhin, sich den Bakchen - den Anhangerinnen des Dionysos - mit einer List zu nahern, doch die berauschten Frauen entdecken ihn bald - mit furchterlichen Konsequenzen. In einer der beruhmtesten antiken griechischen Tragodien geht es um das Tauziehen zwischen Chaos und Ordnung, Rausch und Nuchternheit, sowie die unbandige Rachlust eines erzurnten Gottes. -

Um dem Sterblichen Admetos seine Gunst zu erweisen, bietet Apollo, der Sonnengott, an, dessen Tod aufzuschieben. Doch es muss jemand an Admetos' Stelle treten. Seine Frau Alkestis ist bereit, dieses Opfer zu bringen, doch erst mit ihrem Abschied in die Unterwelt wird Admetos klar, dass er seine eigene Frau zum Tode verurteilt hat. In tiefer Trauer und vom gemeinsamen Sohn verachtet, kann nur noch der Held Herakles einen Ausweg sehen. Eindrucksvoll kommt hier Euripides' Gespur fur die Beweggrunde und Emotionen seiner Charaktere zum tragen.-

Rachsuchtige Gotter, Ehre, Verrat und Skrupellosigkeit bilden den Stoff fur eine der beruhmtesten Tragodien der griechischen Antike. Der trojanische Krieg hat begonnen und die griechische Flotte ist in Aulis gestrandet, da die Gottin Athena alle Winde still halt. Nur ein menschliches Opfer sei in der Lage sie umzustimmen, und so ruft Agammemnon seine Tochter Iphigenie herbei, unter dem Vorwand, sie mit dem Helden Achilles zu vermahlen. Achilles ist jedoch von diesem trugerischen Plan entsetzt und versucht, Iphigenie zu warnen. Ein zeitloses Drama, dessen Fragen um Treue, Ehre und Opferbereitschaft nichts an ihrer Dringlichkeit verloren haben.-

Zauberei, Eifersucht und Kindsmord haben "e;Medea"e; zu einem der beruhmtesten Dramen der griechischen Antike gemacht. Die Konigstochter Medea hat fur ihren Liebhaber Jason alles aufgegeben, ihre Familie verraten, zwei Sohne geboren und ihm geholfen, das Goldene Vlies zu stehlen. Doch im Exil in Korinth beschliet Jason, die dortige Konigstochter zu heiraten. Dieser Verrat treibt Medea in die Verzweifelung und zur auersten Tat. In seinem Stuck erweckt Euripides eine der schillerndsten und kontroversesten Figuren der griechischen Mythologie eindrucksvoll zum Leben.-

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Euripides (c.¿480 - c.¿406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived more or less complete (Rhesus is suspect). There are many fragments (some substantial) of most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declined-he became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander.

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Frontmatter -- AUS SATYROS' LEBEN DES EURIPIDES -- Backmatter

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This edition of the Greek classic play Medea by Euripides is translated by well-regarded scholar of classics Gilbert Murray, who offers the reader a vivid yet accurate interpretation of the play.Medea is imperiled as her husband plans to leave her for another woman. Angry at having been abandoned for a Corinthian princess, Medea enacts vengeance befitting her status as a barbarian queen: she slays her former husband's new wife and their children, before absconding to Athens where she begins a new life.Ever since its publication over 2,400 years ago, Medea has been considered a shocking work of fiction, primarily for its violent and malevolent scenes. Despite these horrific events, it was Euripides portrayal of Medea as a sympathetic antihero frustrated by a world of male dominance which won over audiences. Owing to this nuanced depiction, Medea the play and Medea the character has become well-regarded by feminists. It remains the most popular and performed drama by Euripides in the modern day.

This edition of the Greek classic play Medea by Euripides is translated by well-regarded scholar of classics Gilbert Murray, who offers the reader a vivid yet accurate interpretation of the play.Medea is imperiled as her husband plans to leave her for another woman. Angry at having been abandoned for a Corinthian princess, Medea enacts vengeance befitting her status as a barbarian queen: she slays her former husband's new wife and their children, before absconding to Athens where she begins a new life.Ever since its publication over 2,400 years ago, Medea has been considered a shocking work of fiction, primarily for its violent and malevolent scenes. Despite these horrific events, it was Euripides portrayal of Medea as a sympathetic antihero frustrated by a world of male dominance which won over audiences. Owing to this nuanced depiction, Medea the play and Medea the character has become well-regarded by feminists. It remains the most popular and performed drama by Euripides in the modern day.