Bibliograph

Orestes, and other playsEuripides.

Type

Label

Orestes, and other playsEuripides.

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Orestes, and other playsEuripides.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

The Penguin classics

Summary

This edition contains six of Euripides' eighteen surviving works, including "Orestes." In writing "Orestes" (408 B.C.E.), Euripides utilized the mythology of the Bronze Age to reflect upon the politics of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. The story takes places after Orestes has murdered his mother to avenge his father, Agamemnon, and follows him as he attempts to save his own life. The play explores themes of man's subordination to the gods and the conflict between natural law and manmade law. In addition to "Orestes" this edition also includes "The Heracleidae," "Andromache," "The Suppliants," "The Phoenician Maidens," and "Iphigenia at Aulis."

Target audience

adult

Classification