Medea/Hecabe/Electra/Heracles — four devastating Greek tragedies in which the powerful are brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to divine intervention, Euripides gave his characters human voices and compelled them to face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by killing the children they share; Hecabe portrays the former queen of Troy driven towards madness by the prospect of her daughter’s sacrifice to Achilles. Electra shows a daughter planning to avenge her father’s brutal murder at her mother’s hands; while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance on the cruel king who has brought bloodshed to his family. Translated with an Introduction by PHILIP VELLACOTT
ISBN 13: 9780140441291
Author: Euripides
