Euripides electra monologue electra, a young woman, mourns her fate in this 34 minute monologue from euripides classic play, electra. Medea euripides resumen, resena y analisis libro completo. Known even by the ancients as the philosopher of the stage, he is admired today for his. A comparison of sophocles and euripides versions of electra. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. The murder of clytemnestra by her son is no longer another sordid chapter in the curse on the house of atreus and the. The euripides version of electra is certainly representative of his dramatic work overall in that it focuses more on the psychology and emotions of the characters rather than the philosophical or spiritual implications. Peasant o argos, ancient land, and streams of inachus, whence on a day king agamemnon sailed to the realm of troy, carrying his warriors aboard a thousand ships.
Dec 12, 2009 electra sofocles espanol pdf sinopsis. Electra is one prominent female figure in ancient greek literature as all three of the renowned tragedians, aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides have written their own respective plays centered around this one woman. Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides, the greek tragedy in new translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Electra and orestes were shedding blood for blood because of their mothers sins but still everything their mother had put them through isnt a fair enough motive to kill. Electra espanol ebook sofocles descargar libro pdf. Tragedias ii euripides bajar epub gratis libros epub. Sometimes it is not possible to find the cover corresponding to the book whose edition is published. The greek city of thebes, outside the royal palace. Euripides take on the vengeance of orestes 9 march 2012 i clearly remember reading this play for university and one of the things that the lecturer spoke about was how we have, from all three of the surviving tragedians, a extant plays that deals with the same subject, being the murder of aegisthus and clytaemnestra by the two of her children, orestes and electra. Prologue dionysus teleports in and appears, hovering, above the center of the. The characters, electra and orestes, must reunite to avenge their fathers murder.
Dramatis personae a peasant of mycenae, husband of electra. This uptodate edition makes euripides most famous and influential play accessible to students of greek reading their. The greek tragedy electra was written by euripides in 410 b. Agustin blanquez personajes clitemnestra electra crisostemis orestes preceptor pilades. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after sophocles version of the electra story. Years before the start of the play, near the start. Electra euripides resumen completo, analisis y resena.
The electra of euripides has the distinction of being, perhaps, the best abused, and, one might add, not the best understood, of ancient tragedies. Along with aeschylus and sophocles, he is one of the three ancient greek tragedians for whom a significant number of plays have survived. Their takes, on the other hand, differ vastly and depending on what type of woman portrayal peaks your interest, you are sure to find an enjoyable read with one of them. Euripides makes clytemnestras murder appear a horrible act. Four stars now that ive read a collection of plays by the three tragedians i can say pretty confidently that aeschylus has the most elaborate writing, sophocles has the most exciting stories, but euripides is the. Electra 4 bc the legend of electra, sister of orestes, and daughter of clytemnestra and agamemnon, dramatized by each of the three great greek dramatists. Electra, a woman of many temperaments the literary rapport. Offers a detailed interpretation of electra, which grube admires for its psychological insights into all the characters. There is a work with the same name by sophocles but it was never determined which one was written first. Please, consider this image only as a reference, it will not always be the exact cover used in the edition of the published book.
A singular monument of poetical, or rather unpoetical perversity. Electra by euripides classical wisdom weekly part 4. Sophocles and euripides versions of electra carry, among many similarities, a central theme of revenge. The alcestis of euripides, translated into english rhyming verse, trans. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article euripides. Coleridge dramatis personae a peasant of mycenae, husband of electra electra, daughter of agamemnon orestes, son of agamemnon pylades, friend of orestes chorus of argive country. Lao tse hua hu ching audiolibro completo en espanol con musica y texto voz real humana. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but, according to the suda, it was. The internet classics archive electra by euripides. Euripides has a slightly stronger focus on women which stood out to me, though still very much in the style of the enjoyment rating.
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