Ancient Greek and Roman plays

18 books

AlcestisEuripides · 1915This is a 1915 English rhyming verse translation of Euripides' play Alcestis, with notes by Gilbert Murray. The Greek drama tells of Alcestis, who dies in place of her husband Admetus and is brought back by Heracles after he wrestles with Death.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Four Plays of AeschylusAeschylus · 1901A 1901 English verse translation by E.D.A. Morshead of four surviving plays by the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus: The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, and Prometheus Bound, with an introduction discussing the dramatist's life and works.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Hippolytus; The BacchaeEuripides · 1902A 1902 collection of two Greek tragedies by Euripides, Hippolytus and The Bacchae, translated into English verse by Gilbert Murray. The plays concern Hippolytus, whose devotion to Artemis and scorn of Aphrodite bring destruction through Phaedra's love for him, and the god Dionysus.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

LysistrataAristophanes · 411 BCThis is a translated edition of Aristophanes' ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, with illustrations by Norman Lindsay and a foreword defending the play's artistic and moral worth.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Medea of EuripidesEuripides · 431 BCAn English rhyming verse translation of Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy Medea, with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray. The play portrays Medea's revenge against Jason after he abandons her, exploring oppression and its corrupting consequences.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory NotesSophocles · 429 BCA 1911 English translation by Gilbert Murray of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy in rhyming verse, with explanatory notes. The play follows King Oedipus of Thebes as he seeks the cause of a plague and uncovers the truth of his own origins.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

PeaceAristophanesA translated Greek comedy play by Aristophanes in which Trygaeus, weary of a long war, rides a giant dung-beetle to Olympus to confront Zeus and rescue the imprisoned goddess Peace.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneSophocles · 429 BCThis is a collection of three ancient Greek tragedies by Sophocles, translated by F. Storr. It presents the story of Oedipus, the Theban king who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother, along with its sequel and the play Antigone.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and SophoclesAeschylus · 450 BCAn 1893 English translation by Goldwin Smith of selected Greek tragedies by Aeschylus and Sophocles, introduced with a preface surveying the origins, development, and character of Attic drama and the role of the chorus.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The AcharniansAristophanesAn ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes in which Dicaeopolis, an Athenian farmer weary of the Peloponnesian War, makes a private peace with Sparta for himself and his family, to the outrage of his warlike fellow citizens.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory NotesAeschylus · 458 BCA Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, first staged in 458 BC, translated into English rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray with explanatory notes. The play depicts Agamemnon's return from Troy and his murder by his wife Clytemnestra, within the cycle of vengeance besetting the House of Atreus.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The BirdsAristophanesThis is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, first produced in 414 B.C. Two Athenians, weary of their city's lawsuits and strife, seek out the king of the birds and persuade them to build a city in the sky to intercept the gods' power.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The CloudsAristophanesA classical Greek comedy by Aristophanes, translated by William James Hickie, in which the farmer Strepsiades, burdened by his son's horse-racing debts, turns to Socrates' thinking-shop to learn clever, unscrupulous argument so he can avoid paying what he owes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with NotesTerence · 160 BCThis is an English prose translation of the six comedies of the Roman playwright Terence, including The Andrian, The Eunuch, and Phormio, with notes by Henry Thomas Riley and a blank verse translation by George Colman.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCAristophanes' ancient Greek comedy, first produced in 405 BC, follows the god Dionysus, who journeys to the underworld with his slave Xanthias to bring the recently deceased playwright Euripides back from Hades, leading to a contest between poets.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the FuriesAeschylus · 1901A 1901 English verse translation by E.D.A. Morshead of Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy, comprising Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Furies, Greek tragedies dramatizing retribution for crime and the inheritance of evil in the royal house of Atreus.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Iphigenia in Tauris of EuripidesEuripides · 1910A 1910 English translation of Euripides' Greek play Iphigenia in Tauris, rendered in rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray with explanatory notes. The romantic drama follows Iphigenia, rescued by Artemis and exiled as a priestess among the Tauri, where she is fated to sacrifice Greek strangers, including her brother Orestes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Seven Plays in English VerseSophocles · 430 BCLewis Campbell's English verse translation of all seven surviving plays of the Greek tragedian Sophocles, including Antigone, King Oedipus, and Oedipus at Colonos, arranged in probable order of composition, with notes and an introductory preface.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية