mythology, greek, in literature

An introduction to critical analysis of ancient Greek dramatist Euripides, featuring biographical notes on the author, and including plot summaries, character lists, and a selection of critical views on four plays, including "Alcetis," "The Bacchae," "Medea," and Iphigenia at Aulis.".

Includes biographical information about the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, with selections discussing his writing style, literary devices, and dramatic technique; essays examining "Oedipus the King"; and articles that look at his other plays and various attempts to translate them into mediums besides theater.

Provides an introductory essay in which Harold Bloom contrasts Homer's "Illiad" with the Hebrew Bible, and includes eight additional articles in which various contemporary scholars offer critical perspectives on Homer and his writings.