greek literature

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The Odyssey

the story of Odysseus

Medea and other plays

Medea, Hecabe, Electra, Heracles
1963
The last of the three great Athenian dramatists, and during his lifetime perhaps the most controversial, Euripides was the first playwright to use the chorus as a commentator; the first to put contemporary language into the mouths of heroes; and the first to interpret human suffering without reference to the wisdom of gods.

Man's measure

a study of the Greek image of man from Homer to Sophocles
1974

The Iliad

the story of Achilles
1964
Greek drama which brings to life the ancient , long-drawn-out siege of Troy.

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