Ancient Tragedies: Sophocles and Euripides

Ancient tragedy emerged from the cult of Dionysus but quickly became the intellectual center of Athens. It fused myth with politics, religion with philosophy, and the stage became a place where the city debated itself. Under the open sky, on the slope of the Acropolis, past and present, gods and citizens, law and conscience met. This collection includes tragedies by two of the greatest authors o...