Ebook {Epub PDF} Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides

 · “Iphigenia at Aulis“ (Gr: “Iphigeneia en Aulidi“) is the last extant tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It was written sometime between and BCE (the date of his death) and was first produced in the year following his death, where it won first place at the Athenian City Dionysia www.doorway.rus: Iphigenia at Aulis Summary. At an army encampment in the port city of Aulis, Greece, Agamemnon —the king of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek expedition against Troy—paces nervously outside his tent in the hours before dawn. The winds in Aulis have ceased, so the army’s ships are stalled in the harbor. Agamemnon calls for his attendant, an old man who is the longtime servant of . EURIPIDES’ “IPHIGENIA IN AULIS” Written in B.C. First produced circa B.C. Translated by George Theodoridis © www.doorway.ru All rights reserved This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for .

EURIPIDES' "IPHIGENIA IN AULIS" Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis, whose shrine is in these parts! 90 He announced that if we did make that offering to the goddess, we would be able to sail away and we would succeed in sacking the Phrygian capital, Troy; otherwise we would fail. Iphigenia in Aulis is a beautiful, yet sadly altered, story of the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter, required to get the Black Ships underway to their army's destiny at Troy. This sacrifice sets Clytemnestra's hatred for her husband boiling, leading to the events of the Oresteia when he returns. Theodore Alois William Buckley () translated Euripides into English as well as some of Homer's books. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford

Iphigeneia at Aulis. At an army encampment in the port city of Aulis, Greece, Agamemnon —the king of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek expedition against Troy—paces nervously outside his tent in the hours before dawn. The winds in Aulis have ceased, so the army’s ships are stalled in the harbor. Agamemnon calls for his attendant, an old man who is the longtime servant of Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra (who is home in Mycenae with their many children). Iphigenia in Aulis is one of two plays about Iphigenia that Euripides wrote- out of those two, this one is by far the better one. Instead of following a hypothetical situation like Iphigenia Among the Tauri, Iphigenia at Aulis simply tells the story of a father who is forced to kill his own daughter for assistance in battle from the gods. Iphigenia at Aulis, Greek Iphigeneia en Aulidi, tragedy by Euripides, performed about bce. The story concerns the legendary sacrifice of Iphigenia by her father, Agamemnon. When the Greek fleet is becalmed at Aulis, thus preventing movement of the expeditionary force against Troy, Agamemnon is told that he must sacrifice Iphigenia to appease the goddess Artemis, who has caused the unfavourable weather.