9 Top ancient books like Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck

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

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…

"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)

If you liked the ancient plot in Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None , here is a list of 9 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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  • tragedy
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • fiction
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  • mythology
"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. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • literature
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • mythology
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

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3. Herakles

By: Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh

3.88

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In Herakles, Euripides reveals with great subtlety and complexity the often brutal underpinnings of… read more

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  • classics
  • tragedy
  • literature
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
"Even catastrophes grow weary, No wind can keep blasting all the time. And great happiness in the end falters. Yes, all is change."

-Euripides, Herakles

"... Misfortunes in the end Grow tired of plaguing; storms in time blow themselves out. So luck will change from man to man; and everything Yields place to something else. Despair is cowardly; The bra…"

-Euripides, Herakles

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4. Women of Trachis

By: C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tra… read more

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  • plays
  • mythology
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5. Helen

By: Euripides , Colin Leach

3.80

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • tragedy
  • literature
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
"It is right for women to stand by a woman's cause."

-Euripides, Helen

"What mortal claims, by searching to the utmost limit, to have found out the nature of God, or of his opposite, or of that which comes between, seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro by…"

-Euripides, Helen

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6. 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
  • mythology
  • tragedy
  • fiction
  • plays
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7. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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  • mythology
  • school
  • fiction
  • plays
Cover of The Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish, None

8. 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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  • mythology
"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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9. The Acharnians

By: Aristophanes , Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva , None , Richard Thomas Elliott

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

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  • plays
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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama) by Sophocles, John Harrison, Shomit Dutta

10. 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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  • mythology
"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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11. Philoctetes

By: Sophocles

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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  • literature
  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
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12. 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
  • mythology
  • fiction
  • plays
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13. Hecuba

By: Euripides , M. Tierney

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

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  • mythology
  • tragedy
  • fiction
  • plays

14. Electra

By: Sophocles , J. Michael Walton , None

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth. read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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  • plays
  • mythology

15. 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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16. 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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  • mythology
Cover of Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) by Sophocles, Eamon Grennan, Rachel Kitzinger

17. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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

18. 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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  • poetry
  • classics
  • school
  • tragedy
  • literature
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • 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)

19. 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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20. 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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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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17 Best fiction books like Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck

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Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Herakles

Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Women of Trachis

C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Helen

Euripides , Colin Leach

3.80

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Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

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Herakles

Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh

3.88

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Ion

Euripides

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Electra

Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

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