Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series
A dramatist whose trademark was the unexpected, Euripides has constantly challenged and intrigued audiences, from Athens of the fifth century BC to the present. The three plays in this volume demonstrate Euripides' versatility. Hippolytos (which was turned into Ph dre by Racine), deals with sexual passion, incest and abstinence; Suppliants (a version of the Antigone story) sets...