Identifier: greekdramas00aesc (find matches)
Title: Greek dramas
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861, tr Potter, R. (Robert), 1721-1804, tr Jebb, R. C, (Richard Claverhouse), 1841-1905, tr Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784, tr Way, Arthur S, (Arthur Sanders), 1847-1930, tr Hickie, W. J., tr Perrin, Bernadotte, ed
Subjects: English drama Greek drama Translations into English English drama Translation from Greek
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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THE ALCESTIS OF EURIPIDES TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR S. WAY Euripides, the son of Mnesarchides and Cleito, was born, 480 b. c, inSalamis, whither the Athenians had fled before the invading army of thePersians—tradition says upon the eve of the great battle that turned thetide in favour of Grecian liberty. The wealthy father—Aristophanesscores him for having made his money in trade—intended to train hisson for the great national games, but Euripides soon put athletics asidefor painting, and that again for literature. He took no part in publiclife—as did both ^Eschylus and Sophocles—was scholarly and almost arecluse, the friend of Socrates, and pupil of Prodicus, Protagoras, andAnaxagoras, and was the first Athenian to own a considerable privatelibrary. He married twice, both times unhappily, and left two sons.He is said to have been a bitter woman-hater in his old age. He pro-duced his first play in 455 b. c, at which time ^Eschylus was dead, Sopho-cles had been before the public t

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