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OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE
EURIPIDES AND HIS AGE
BY
GILBERT MURRAY
London
WILLIAMS & NORGATE
HENRY HOLT & Co., New York
Canada: WM. BRIGGS, Toronto
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Introductory | 7 |
| II | Sources for a Life of Euripides: Memories remaining in the Fourth Century: Youth: Athens after the Persian War: the great Sophists | 20 |
| III | What is a Greek Tragedy? Euripides' early Plays up to 438 b.c., "Alcestis" and "Telephus" | 60 |
| IV | Beginning of the War: the Plays of Maturity from "Medea" to "Heracles" | 81 |
| V | Full Expression: the Embittering of the War: Alcibiades and the Demagogues: the "Ion": the "Trojan Women" | 107 |
| VI | After 415: Euripides' last years in Athens: from "Andromeda" and "Iphigenia" to "Electra" and "Orestes" | 142 |
| VII | After 408: Macedonia: "Iphigenia in Aulis": "Bacchae" | 165 |
| VIII | The Art of Euripides: Traditional Form and Living Spirit: the Prologue, the Messenger, the "God from the Machine" | 198 |
| IX | The Art of Euripides, continued: The Chorus: Conclusion | 228 |
| Bib | Bibliography | 247 |
| Note | Note on the Pronunciation of Names | 251 |
| Ind | Index | 253 |
EURIPIDES AND HIS AGE
