Always controversial, Euripides' plays are now celebrated for the subtlety of their characterization and their unorthodox dramatic style. This volume, with an introduction by J. Michael Walton, contai
Innovative, fast-moving, subtle in their characterization, Euripides' plays are continually intriguing. The three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a mo
Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists seriesEuripides' searching, poetic voice probes the waste and suffering of war in these plays which are set wake of the Trojan defeat to reflect the p