Paginec. 480–406 BC · Salamis, Greece · also known as Euripides of Athens
Euripides, the youngest of the three great Athenian tragedians, gave voice to women, slaves and outsiders and questioned the gods. Eighteen or nineteen of his plays survive, more than Aeschylus and Sophocles combined, including Medea (431 BC), The Trojan Women (415 BC) and The Bacchae.
Begin with Medea.
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Euripides, the youngest of the three great Athenian tragedians, gave voice to women, slaves and outsiders and questioned the gods. Eighteen or nineteen of his plays survive, more than Aeschylus and Sophocles combined, including Medea (431 BC), The Trojan Women (415 BC) and The Bacchae.
Medea is usually considered Euripides’s best-known work, followed by The Trojan Women, The Bacchae, Alcestis.
Most readers start with Medea.
Both refer to the same writer.
Many of Euripides’s works are in the public domain; we link to free editions below.