Orestes and Other Plays

Ion Orestes The Phoenician Women The Suppliant Women In these four plays Euripides explores ethical and political themes,contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism and expediency with justice, and the idea that ''might is right'' with the ideal of clemency. Ion is a vivid portrait of the role of chance in human life and an exploration of family relationships, which comb...