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Women on the Edge, a collection of Alcestis, Medea, Helen, and Iphegenia at Aulis, provides a broad sample of Euripides' plays focusing on women, and spans the chronology of his surviving works, from the earliest, to his last, incomplete, and posthumously produced masterpiece. Each play shows... read more
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- Helen: Add a description of this character.
- Medea
- Alcestis
- Jason
- Agamemnon
- Klytemnestra
- Menelaos
- Troy
- Zeus
- Admetos
- Pelias
- Orestes
- Kreon
- Gorgias
- Aristotle
- Tyndareos
- Leda
- Artemis
- Theonoe
- Kypris
- Aigeus
- Demeter
- Kalkhas
- Priam
- Diggle
- Pericles
- Stesichorus
- Zeitlin
- Theseus
- Peleus
- Lattimore
- Hekabe
- Dionysos
- H. D.
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The form of mass entertainment commonly known as "Greek" tragedy was not a widespread phenomenon but a peculiarly Athenian art form, closely associated with the life of a particular polis ("city-state") at a particular time, namely Athens in the latter part of the fifth century (500-400) BCE.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 809
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