Three plays: Alcestis / Hippolytus / Iphigenia in tauris

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Penguin Classics EURIPIDES Alcestis / Hippolytus Iphigenia in Tauris Translated by Philip Vellacott Euripides (484–407 B.C.) is seen in the three plays in this volume as the sceptical questioner of his age. Alcestis, an early play in which a queen agrees to die to save her husband’s life, is cast in a tragic vein, although it contains passages of satire and even comedy, whilst Iphigenia in Tauris, with its apparently happy ending, melodramatically reunites the ill-fated children of Agamemnon. Hippolytus, however, is pure tragedy — the fatal impact of Phaedra’s unreasoning passion for her chaste stepson. Philip Vellacott’s translations, in lively modern verse, are designed for the modern stage. The cover shows a marble relief from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Snark International). CONTENTS Introduction 7 Hippolytus 27 Iphigenia in Tauris 73 Alcestis 121 Notes to ‘Hippolytus’ 159 Notes to ‘Iphigenia in Tauris’ 161 Notes to ‘Alcestis’ 164

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