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The Hippolytus of Euripides

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The Hippolytus of Euripides is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. The story revolves around the tragic fate of Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, who is falsely accused of attempting to rape his stepmother Phaedra. The play explores themes of love, jealousy, and revenge as Phaedra's obsession with Hippolytus leads to a series of devastating consequences.The play begins with the goddess Aphrodite revealing her plan to punish Hippolytus for his devotion to the goddess Artemis and his rejection of love and marriage. She causes Phaedra to fall in love with Hippolytus, despite her marriage to Theseus. Phaedra struggles with her forbidden feelings and ultimately confesses her love to her nurse, who agrees to help her win Hippolytus's affection.When Hippolytus rejects Phaedra's advances, she takes her own life and leaves a note accusing him of attempting to rape her. Theseus, enraged by the accusation, banishes Hippolytus and calls upon the god Poseidon to punish him. Hippolytus is killed in a chariot accident, and Theseus is left to deal with the aftermath of his rash actions.The Hippolytus of Euripides is a powerful and emotional tragedy that explores the complexities of love and the destructive power of jealousy and revenge. It is a classic work of ancient Greek literature that continues to captivate and move audiences to this day.1881. Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Appendix by J.P. Mahaffey and J.B. Bury. Euripides's admirers claim that he is the most tragic of the Greek tragedians, the most pathetic of the Attic poets, the most humane in his social philosophy and the most skillful in psychological insight. Hippolytus is considered one of poet's greatest works. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,-0428

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140 pages, Paperback
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June 25, 2004 by Kessinger Publishing
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9781417925407
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141792540X
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English
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Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (ca. 480 BC–406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived more or less complete (Rhesus is suspect). There are many fragments (some substantial) of most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declined—he became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander.
Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced drama down to modern times, especially in the representation of traditional, mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This new approach led him to pioneer developments that later writers adapted to comedy, some of which are characteristic of romance. He also became "the most tragic of poets", focusing on the inner lives and motives of his characters in a way previously unknown. He was "the creator of ... that cage which is the theatre of William Shakespeare's Othello, Jean Racine's Phèdre, of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg," in which "imprisoned men and women destroy each other by the intensity of their loves and hates". But he was also the literary ancestor of comic dramatists as diverse as Menander and George Bernard Shaw.
His contemporaries associated him with Socrates as a leader of a decadent intellectualism. Both were frequently lampooned by comic poets such as Aristophanes. Socrates was eventually put on trial and executed as a corrupting influence. Ancient biographies hold that Euripides chose a voluntary exile in old age, dying in Macedonia, but recent scholarship casts doubt on these sources.

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dinocola
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Les grecs meurent plus lentement que les romains, ça leur laisse le temps de pousser une dernière tirade avec une étonnante lucidité. ^^ En ça ils sont moins humains que les autres et pourtant, ils me procurent plus d'émotions. Ou une émotion différente. Qui passe par la tête plus que par les tripes. Le langage y est plus poétique, la psychologie plus subtile. Là où l'omniprésence des dieux me saoulait dans l'Iliade, elle m'éclaire dans cette pièce. Je comprends mieux la valeur symbolique et morale des actions de chaque dieu.

(Pour les non spécialistes dont je fais parti, il est bon de savoir que ce livre raconte la même histoire que Racine et Sénèque ont choisi de titrer "Phèdre". )
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KawaiiDesu01
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این نمایش از جمله نمایش‌های اوریپید است که یک خدا مقصر بدبختی‌های تراژدیک وارده است و به این دلیل هم سخت ملامت می‌شود. تم دیگر نمایش، ضدیت جامعه با تجرد است. تجرد هیپولیتوس شاید به خاطر زن‌ستیزی او باشد؛ او نهایتا به شکل کنایه‌آمیزی قربانی مکر زنان نیز می‌شود. شاید او یکی از اولین ایسکشوال‌های تاریخ باشد؛ در واقع او از سر زهد نیست که به خدای عشق بی‌احترامی می‌کند، بلکه صرفا شکار را به تختخواب ترجیح می‌دهد.
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yubarii
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I had to read it for my Greek Tragedies class. The character of the Nurse is pretty cool.
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Troijan naiset

Euripideen Troijan naiset kertoo sodan hävinneiden troijalaisten tai paremminkin turmioon joutuneen kaupungin ylhäisönäisten näkökulmasta sodan mielettömyydestä.

Voittajien julmuus onkin keskeinen elementti koko näytelmän ajan, ja sen on tulkittu kuvaavan kreikkalaisten harjoittamaa terroria hävitettyä Spartaa kohtaan.

Näytelmä saa alkunsa, kun Poseidon valittelee tuhotun kaupunkinsa rantatörmällä näkemäänsä hävitystä. Muinaiset ennustukset Ilionin pojasta Pariista ovat käyneet toteen. Keskusteluun tulee mukaan Pallas Athene, joka yrittää hyvittää kokemaansa vihaa Troijaa ja Parista kohtaan.

Kuningas Priamos on tapettu ja hänen puolisonsa Hekabe raastaa hiuksiaan. Ennen pitkää näyttämölle saapuu kuorona toimiva voittajien airut, jonka tehtävänä on julistaa orjanaisten kohtalot: Kassandra kuului Agamemmonille, Hektorin vaimo Andromakhe Akhilleuksen pojalle orjaksi ja Hekabe itse Odysseukselle. Järkensä menettänyttä Kassandraa ei kukaan ota enää todesta.

Tästä jatkuukin teurastus, ja yksi Hekaben tyttäristä mestataan, ja myös Spartan kuninkaan Menelaoksen puoliso Helena vangitaan odottamaan kuolematuomiota kotimaassaan. Troijan sotahan sai tarun mukaan alkunsa, kun Paris valitsi Pallas Athenen asemasta Afroditeen kauneimmaksi jumalaksi. Helenaa ei kukaan kuuntele, kun hänen rakastumisensa troijalaiseen ylimykseen pantiin jumalten riitelyn tiliin.

Edes lapsia ei tässä murhenäytelmässä säästetä, kunnes loppuhuipennuksessa pannaan koko rauniokaupunki tuleen, ja siitä alkaa entisten kuninkaallisten ankea orjaelämä.
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This one is kinda hard for me. Like I really liked Hippolytus and even Phaedra as characters within the play, it reeked of the issue I have with most tragedies I don’t enjoy and that’s a conflict that could be easily resolvable but isn’t. It’s my biggest issue with tragedies because it makes them feel unnecessary thus lessening the actual emotion I feel towards the tragedy. The chorus or Hippolytus could have told Theseus what happened but didn’t for no strong reason in my opinion. Also the nurse of Phaedra sucks and I hate her.
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