stephen_angliss's review against another edition
3.0
Bacchae was great, and had surprisingly strong parallels to the Gospels. Imagine, a story about a man who loves to drink and celebrate claiming to be immaculately conceived and a god, and others rejecting him and claiming that his mother was simply unfaithful. Who knew!
'Cyclops" was so similar to that in the Odyssey that I barely cared. Same with "Rhesus" and the Iliad. Iphigenia in Aulis was good; I enjoyed seeing her willingness to die for her country.
'Cyclops" was so similar to that in the Odyssey that I barely cared. Same with "Rhesus" and the Iliad. Iphigenia in Aulis was good; I enjoyed seeing her willingness to die for her country.
readinglikesappho's review against another edition
4.0
im a euripides stan he's my fave tragedian so i love reading his work for class
phcntom's review against another edition
4.0
yup Euripides is for sure my favourite Greek playwright, based on the plays I've read so far
My Ranking
1. Bacchae
2. Iphigenia in Aulis (a very close second)
3. The Cyclops
4. Rhesus
This was a very interesting set of plays that contained a nice variety of subgenres, and it for sure started off very strong. The first play, Bacchae I had been looking forward to reading for a long time and it had a really great representation of religious mania and the power of Dionysus, and Iphigenia in Aulis which was dramatic, tragic, and full of noble choices and sacrifices that kept me completely caught up in the storyline. As expected, The Cyclops had the standard humour of a satyr play.
But the last play was just so unfortunate and not entertaining whatsoever? I see the tragic elements of it but it seems to be just a couple of war deaths that you never get invested in the characters. If this play had been first, or you know just not included in the collection, I would've been so much more satisfied and given it 5 stars because it started off so good, but the ending just kind of... plunked
My Ranking
1. Bacchae
2. Iphigenia in Aulis (a very close second)
3. The Cyclops
4. Rhesus
This was a very interesting set of plays that contained a nice variety of subgenres, and it for sure started off very strong. The first play, Bacchae I had been looking forward to reading for a long time and it had a really great representation of religious mania and the power of Dionysus, and Iphigenia in Aulis which was dramatic, tragic, and full of noble choices and sacrifices that kept me completely caught up in the storyline. As expected, The Cyclops had the standard humour of a satyr play.
But the last play was just so unfortunate and not entertaining whatsoever? I see the tragic elements of it but it seems to be just a couple of war deaths that you never get invested in the characters. If this play had been first, or you know just not included in the collection, I would've been so much more satisfied and given it 5 stars because it started off so good, but the ending just kind of... plunked
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