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Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis
No CoverGreek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis
Mark Griffith, David Grene, Aeschylus, Robert Fitzgerald, Euripides, Sophocles, Glenn W. Most, Richmond Lattimore, William Arrowsmith
1960·344 pages
Five classical Greek tragedies on justice, exile, divine power, and human suffering in mythic drama.
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Five classical Greek tragedies on justice, exile, divine power, and human suffering in mythic drama.
Details
- Release date
- 1960
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN
- 9780226035765
- Type
- Fiction
- Series
- The Complete Greek Tragedies #3
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Spousal devotion in Alcestis; mild sensual undertones in Dionysian revels
Violence & gore
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Graphic dismemberment in Bacchae; matricide, blood guilt, festering wounds
Profanity
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No modern profanity; elevated classical tragic diction
Substance use
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Wine and Dionysian intoxication central to The Bacchae
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation depicted
Religious content
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Greek gods, cult ritual, divine justice, and prophecy drive all plays
Magic & witchcraft
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Divine curses, prophecy, and godly powers as plot devices
Occult / demonology
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Furies as chthonic avengers; Dionysian possession and frenzy
Political content
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Civic law vs blood vengeance; justice and exile themes
Self-harm / suicide
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Willing sacrificial death; past self-blinding referenced
Abuse & suffering
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Abandonment, matricide, familial murder, prolonged physical agony
Other
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