10 must-read tragedy books like Medea (Masters of Latin Literature) by Seneca, Frederick Ahl

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Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

By: Seneca , Frederick Ahl

4.04

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. Wi…

"I will storm the gods, and shake the universe."

-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

"I will storm the gods, and shake the universe."

-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

"I will storm the gods, and shake the universe."

-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

" Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)"

-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

If you liked the tragedy plot in Medea (Masters of Latin Literature) by Seneca, Frederick Ahl , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Hippolytos

By: Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a w… read more

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  • poetry
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  • tragedy
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience."

-Euripides, Hippolytos

"I have pondered on the causes of a life's shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind's quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly.…"

-Euripides, Hippolytos

"О Зевс! Зачем ты создавал жену? И это зло с его фальшивым блеском Лучам небес позволил обливать? Иль для того, чтоб род людской продолжить, Ты обойтись без женщины не мог? Иль из своих за медь и злат…"

-Euripides, Hippolytos

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2. Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

By: Seneca , Frederick Ahl

4.04

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. Wi… read more

Similar categories in Seneca's Medea (Masters of Latin Literature) book and Seneca's Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

  • poetry
  • classics
  • tragedy
  • theatre
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
"I will storm the gods, and shake the universe."

-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

" Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)"

-Seneca, Medea (Masters of Latin Literature)

Cover of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Sarah Ruden

3. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

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4. Electra

By: Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more

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  • classics
  • tragedy
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
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5. Medea

By: Christa Wolf

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Medea is among the most notorious women in Greek tragedy - a woman who sacrifices her own children … read more

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  • classics
  • mythology
  • fiction
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6. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

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"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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7. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta

3.92

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more

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  • tragedy
  • theatre
  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

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8. Orestes

By: Euripides , John Peck , Frank Nisetich

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
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9. Hecuba

By: Euripides , M. Tierney

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

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10. Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

By: Aeschylus , Alan H. Sommerstein

3.85

Format: 320 pages, cloth

Sommerstein presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, th… read more

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  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
"My heart's a dance of fear."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Quando dorme la mente scintilla di mille occhi"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Onc…"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

11. Médée

By: Jean Anouilh

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction

12. The Trojan Women

By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
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13. Frogs

By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
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14. The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)

By: Aeschylus

3.80

Format: 43 pages, None

Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. Many years af… read more

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  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

15. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

16. The Satyricon

By: Piero Chiara , Petronius , P.G. Walsh , Federico Roncoroni

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose & poetry (prosimetrum). It… read more

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17. Alcestis

By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more

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18. Iphigenia in Aulis

By: Euripides , Nicholas Rudall

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Troj… read more

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19. The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Aeschylus

3.73

Format: 41 pages, Paperback

Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and h… read more

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"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"Obedience is mother to success and is wedded to safety."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!"

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

20. Birds

By: Aristophanes , None

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is… read more

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21. Medea

By: Euripides , Rex Warner

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more

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