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isa_booktracker_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
kennim's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
There's a pretty brutal murder in the play The Bacchae; it's not explicitly shown but is described by a witness.lexi_con's review against another edition
4.0
“How happy the dead are! Theirs is the peace, theirs the dark home I envy and desire.”
Oh Alcestis! Oh Admetus!
Oh Alcestis! Oh Admetus!
evamadera1's review against another edition
4.0
A review from my old blog...
This is my first time reading any of the classic Greek plays. I have to say that I was not disappointed. I have read the Iliad and the Odyssey before and appreciated the great writing evident within but the gore really turned me off.
The plays by Euripides are free from gore but not from classical mythology and the great writing. The pathos of the husband in the first play (I forget the names) losing his wife yet still remembering to show hospitality is such a great story. Then in the end when his act of hospitality which everyone else looks down upon turns out to be the thing that brings his wife back to him from the dead I absolutely fell in love with the play. Such good writing!
I recommend these plays to anyone interested in the classics.
This is my first time reading any of the classic Greek plays. I have to say that I was not disappointed. I have read the Iliad and the Odyssey before and appreciated the great writing evident within but the gore really turned me off.
The plays by Euripides are free from gore but not from classical mythology and the great writing. The pathos of the husband in the first play (I forget the names) losing his wife yet still remembering to show hospitality is such a great story. Then in the end when his act of hospitality which everyone else looks down upon turns out to be the thing that brings his wife back to him from the dead I absolutely fell in love with the play. Such good writing!
I recommend these plays to anyone interested in the classics.
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