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Franklin Library leather edition of Euripides's "Nine Plays," a Limited edition, one of the 100 GREATEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME series, published in 1976. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has navy blue moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Euripides, who lived from 480 – 406 BC, was a tragedian of classical Athens. This volume includes: MEDEA, THE TROJAN WOMEN, ORESTES, ELECTRA, IPHIGENIA in TAURIS, THE BACCHAE, ALCESTIS, HIPPOLYTUS, and HERACLES. Euripides was known for taking a new approach to traditional myths: he often changed elements of their stories or portrayed the more fallible, human sides of their heroes and gods. In "Medea," the title character takes revenge on her unfaithful husband by murdering their children as well as his lover. Another play, Hecuba, tells the story of the former queen of Troy, especially her grief over her children's deaths and the retaliation she takes against her son's murderers. Some of Euripides's works contained indirect commentary on current events. "The Trojan Women," which portrayed the human cost of war, was written during the Pelopennesian War (431-404 B.C.). Euripides also made occasional use of satire and comedy within his plays, and he frequently wrote debates for his characters in which they discussed philosophical ideas. For all these reasons, he became known as a realist and as one of the most intellectual of the tragedians. 653 pages. I offer Combined shipping.