Medea And Other Plays Av Euripides

<p>Medea/Hecabe/Electra/Heracles<br><br><b>Four devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred</b><br><br>The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In <i>Medea</i>, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and <i>Hecabe</i> depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter''s sacrifice to Achilles. <i>Electra</i> portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in <i>Heracles</i> the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family.<br><br>Translated with an Introduction by PHILIP VELLACOTT</p>