Book Cover of Iphigenia in Aulis

Iphigenia in Aulis

by Euripides

Iphigenia in Aulis or Iphigenia at Aulis is the last of the extant works by the playwright Euripides. Written between 408, after Orestes, and 406 BC, the year of Euripides' death, the play was first produced the following year in a trilogy with The Bacchae and Alcmaeon in Corinth by his son or nephew, Euripides the Younger, and won first place at the City Dionysia in Athens.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

Ancient Greek

Published In

405 BC

Authors

Euripides image

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attri...

Books by Euripides

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

The Law Against Lovers  Cover image

The Law Against Lovers by William Davenant

The Law Against Lovers was a dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare, arranged by Sir William Davenant and staged by the Duke's Company in 1662. It was the...

Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord Cover image

Mystery Play in Honor of the Nativity of Our Lord by Robert Hugh Benson

This beautiful play by Robert Hugh Benson is perfect for Christmas time. It tells the story of the Nativity of Our Lord, from the Annunciation to the...

The Three Sisters Cover image

The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov

Three Sisters is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theat...

How Salvator Won and Other Recitations Cover image

How Salvator Won and Other Recitations by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This collection of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, titled "How Salvator Won and Other Recitations," presents a selection of her work specifically chosen...

If I Had a Father Cover image

If I Had a Father by George MacDonald

In "If I Had a Father," sculptor Arthur Gervaise craves a strong father figure while wrestling with love. His absentee father, Colonel Gervaise, secre...

The Turnpike House Cover image

The Turnpike House by Fergus Hume

This is a captivating mystery novel that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. A renowned author known for his detective stories, this book is a m...

Lady Jim of Curzon Street Cover image

Lady Jim of Curzon Street by Fergus Hume

Lady Jim of Curzon Street is a gripping mystery novel by Fergus Hume, the author of the classic The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. The novel tells the story...

Ships That Pass in the Night Cover image

Ships That Pass in the Night by Beatrice Harraden

This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activist Bernardin...

Psyche Cover image

Psyche by Moliere

In the realm of French literature, Molière stands as a towering figure, renowned for his witty comedies that satirized the follies and foibles of huma...

Lysistrata Cover image

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraord...

Reviews for Iphigenia in Aulis

No reviews posted or approved, yet...