Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea (Loeb Classical Library)

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Gounaridou, Kiki. Euripides and Alcestis: Speculations, Simulations, and Stories of Love in the Athenian Culture. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998.

a b See (e.g.) Rabinowitz (1993), pp.125–54; McDonald (1997), p.307; Mastronarde (2002), pp.26–8; Griffiths (2006), pp.74–5; Mitchell-Boyask (2008), p.xx The basic story of Alcestis and Admetus—known from Euripides’ play, as well as from allusions and summaries in other ancient texts—tells of how Admetus, the king of Pherae, was granted the chance to escape death if he could find someone to voluntarily die in his place. This remarkable gift came from Apollo, who loved Admetus for treating him well when the god was forced to serve him as a slave (in one tradition, Admetus and Apollo were even lovers). Euripides’ Alcestis offers a poignant depiction of Alcestis’ death and burial. As Admetus and his household mourn for her, the hero Heracles stops at Pherae en route to one of his Twelve Labors. Not wishing to dampen his friend’s mood, Admetus conceals the death of his wife, but Heracles eventually learns of what happened. Determined to repay Admetus’ generous hospitality, Heracles visits Alcestis’ tomb and wrestles her from the very hands of Death (the personification Thanatos). Little is known about Euripides’ personal life; most ancient testimonia and biographies read more like fable than fact. Euripides seems to have been born on Salamis, an island near Athens, to a family of hereditary priests. He was married twice, both times unhappily, and had three sons. Ancient sources claimed that Euripides was a recluse and may have even lived alone in a cave in Salamis, though the veracity of such stories is obviously dubious. He died in 406 BCE at the court of the Macedonian king Archelaus. Eschen, Nicole ( University of California, Los Angeles). " The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea (review)." Theatre Journal. Volume 58, Number 1, March 2006 pp. 103–106 | 10.1353/tj.2006.0070– At: Project MUSE, p. 103

Poster by Alfons Mucha for performance by Sarah Bernhardt in Medée at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris (1898) Composed of the women of Corinth, the chorus chiefly serves as a commentator to the action, although it occasionally engages directly in the dialogue. The chorus members fully sympathize with Medea's plight, excepting her eventual decision to murder her own children. Creon Chico Buarque and Paulo Pontes, Gota d'Água (musical play set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, based on Euripides, 1975). Several times revived, including a 2016/2017 production starring Laila Garin (celebrated for her title role in the highly regarded musical biography of Elis Regina, staged in Brasil in 2015). Playwright Mike Bartlett was inspired to create a modern-day suburban Medea after adapting the Euripides play for a theatre production in 2012. Bartlett's 2015-2017 BBC1 miniseries Doctor Foster follows the structure of the Greek tragedy. [52] A Korean remake of the series, The World of the Married, became the highest rated cable drama in Korean history, with its final episode reaching a nationwide rating of 28.371%.

Euripides; Murray, Gilbert (1 June 2018). "The Medea. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray". New York Oxford University Press – via Internet Archive. Analyzes how euripides' portrayal of women in his plays has been bizarre. his female characters kill out of revenge, jealousy, and kill because a god possessed them too.She dies graciously with all the people in the play mourning for her lost. Even her servants claim she was like a mother to them. Alcestis even volunteered to be a sacrifice for Admetus because of her strong devotion to him. Admetus now deeply regretting her choice lashes out at his father, Pheres. In this exchange that goes on between a father his son, Alcastis is seen being put ahead of Admetus' own father. This theory of Euripides' invention has gained wide acceptance. See (e.g.) McDermott (1989), p.12; Powell (1990), p.35; Sommerstein (2002), p.16; Griffiths (2006), p.81; Ewans (2007), p.55. Kovacs, David, ed. and trans. Euripides: Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea. Loeb Classical Library 12. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Analyzes how euripides shows that neoptolemus is the real villain in the story. hermione allies herself with orestes who serves her justice by killing her adulterous husband