Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris

Euripides' Iphigeneia among the Taurians has been a popular and influential text from antiquity onwards. It is a suspenseful drama set on the Black Sea coast in what is now Crimea, which explores themes of family loyalty, Greeks and barbarians, and the nature of the gods. The plot combines an unrecognised meeting between Iphigeneia, now a priestess of Artemis among the Taurians, and her brother Orestes, who with his friend Pylades has been captured and brought to her for sacrifice, with an exciting escape attempt for all three, ultimately brought about by divine intervention. This edition includes a full Introduction to the literary and production aspects of the play, while the Commentary elucidates problems of language as well as interpretation. These combine to make the play fully accessible to intermediate-level undergraduates and graduate students wishing to read it in the original Greek.

List of contents

Introduction; Sigla; ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; Commentary; Glossary; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index

About the author

EMILY KEARNS is a Lecturer in Classics and Senior Research Fellow at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is also the author of Ancient Greek Religion: A Sourcebook (2010).

Product details

• Authors: Emily (University of Oxford) Kearns
• Assisted by: Emily Kearns (Editor), Emily (University of Oxford) Kearns (Editor), Kearns Emily (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781107041806
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04180-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights