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HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE
EURIPIDES AND HIS AGE
BY
GILBERT MURRAY
London
WILLIAMS & NORGATE
HENRY HOLT & Co., New York
Canada: WM. BRIGGS, Toronto
India: R. & T. WASHBOURNE, Ltd.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
IIntroductory7
IISources for a Life of Euripides: Memories remaining in the Fourth Century: Youth: Athens after the Persian War: the great Sophists20
IIIWhat is a Greek Tragedy? Euripides' early Plays up to 438 b.c., "Alcestis" and "Telephus"60
IVBeginning of the War: the Plays of Maturity from "Medea" to "Heracles"81
VFull Expression: the Embittering of the War: Alcibiades and the Demagogues: the "Ion": the "Trojan Women"107
VIAfter 415: Euripides' last years in Athens: from "Andromeda" and "Iphigenia" to "Electra" and "Orestes"142
VIIAfter 408: Macedonia: "Iphigenia in Aulis": "Bacchae"165
VIIIThe Art of Euripides: Traditional Form and Living Spirit: the Prologue, the Messenger, the "God from the Machine"198
IXThe Art of Euripides, continued: The Chorus: Conclusion228
BibBibliography247
NoteNote on the Pronunciation of Names251
IndIndex253