Trojan Women. Iphigenia among the Taurians. Ion Taurians, Ion V 4 L010 (Also available, L258, L063 (Trans. Kovacs)(Greek)

Three plays by ancient Greece’s third great tragedian. One of antiquity’s greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in six volumes. Three plays are in Volume IV. Trojan Women concerns the tragic unpredictability of life; Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations but end happily with joyful reunions.