The Greek Tragedy in New Translations Books in Order
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series of English translations published by Oxford University Press
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Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on Amazon1876 · Euripides
Euripides wrote two plays called Hippolytus; this is the second, dramatizing the tragic failure of perfection. This 1973 English translation by Bagg…
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Buy on Amazon1885 · Euripides
Years after she was nearly sacrificed at Aulis, Iphigenia serves as a priestess among the Taurians, a people who ritually kill strangers who wash…
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Buy on Amazon1973 · Sophocles and Charles Segal
Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) is a 1973 book by Sophocles, Charles Segal. It is part of the series The Greek Tragedy in New…
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Iphigeneia in Tauris (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
1973 · Euripides
Iphigeneia in Tauris (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) is a 1973 book by Euripides. It is part of the series The Greek Tragedy in New Translations.…
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Buy on Amazon1973 · Aeschylus
The third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC, sometimes called the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive…
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Buy on Amazon1975 · Euripides
Euripides' Alcestis is a well-known Attic drama often used to help students read their first play in Greek. A new student edition by C. A. E.…
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Buy on Amazon1975 · Aeschylus
Aeschylus's ancient Greek tragedy tells the story of Prometheus, a Titan punished by Zeus for giving fire to humanity. Prometheus is chained to a…
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Buy on Amazon1975 · Aeschylus
Suppliants is a 1975 book by Aeschylus. It is part of the series The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Catalog genres: Fantasy, Drama & Plays,…
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Buy on Amazon1978 · Sophocles
Oedipus the King, an English translation published in 1978 by Berg and Clay, chronicles Oedipus, who becomes king of Thebes despite being destined…
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Buy on Amazon1978 · Euripides
Euripides dramatizes the Greek fleet stalled at Aulis, becalmed and unable to sail for Troy. A prophecy declares that Agamemnon must sacrifice his…
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1978 · Euripides
An Athenian tragedy transmitted among the plays of Euripides, though its authorship has been disputed since antiquity, challenged from the 17th…
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Buy on Amazon1978 · Sophocles
Sophocles's play follows Deianira, the anxious wife of Heracles, who has waited long for her wandering husband's return. When she learns he is…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Euripides
Euripides reworks the legend with a startling premise: the real Helen never went to Troy at all, having been spirited away to Egypt while a phantom…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Euripides
Euripides sets his sprawling tragedy at Thebes as the sons of Oedipus prepare for civil war. Polynices, exiled and leading a foreign army, returns…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Euripides
This 1981 English translation by Taylor and Brooks is an edition and commentary on one of Euripides' less well-known plays, describing the enormous…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Aeschylus
Aeschylus's tragedy is set in the Persian capital, where the queen mother and the elders await news of Xerxes's vast expedition against Greece. Their…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · Euripides
In these three war plays, Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to harrowing examination, evoking a response of unparalleled…
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1991 · Euripides
Euripides's play concerns the children of the dead Heracles, who flee the relentless persecution of King Eurystheus. Taking refuge as suppliants at…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Euripides
The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series aims to bring the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides to modern readers through translations…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Euripides
Orestes is a Greek tragedy that was performed more often on the ancient stage than any other. It tells the story of Orestes, a young man who kills…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Euripides
Suppliant Women focuses on the right to proper burial for soldiers who died in battle, exploring themes of war and legal order. Electra presents…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Euripides
The Ion is one of the shortest dialogues attributed to Plato and lacks early external confirmation of its authenticity. Its value is based on its…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Sophocles
This early Sophoclean tragedy tells the story of the Homeric hero better known as Ajax, second only to Achilles among the Greek warriors. In Greek…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Euripides
In Andromache, Euripides challenges traditional ideas of tragic character and structure. The play is set after the Trojan War, with Andromache, a…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Euripides
The Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of tragedy, tells of King Pentheus's resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment by…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Euripides
Cyclops is a 2001 book by Euripides. It is part of the series The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Catalog genres: Drama & Plays, Fantasy. The…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Sophocles
Electra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles, set in Argos a few years after the Trojan War. It recounts the vengeance that Electra and her brother…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Euripides
Herakles is a 2001 book by Euripides. It is part of the series The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Catalog genres: Drama & Plays, Fantasy,…
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2003 · Euripides
Sophocles sets his drama on the desolate island of Lemnos, where the Greeks abandoned the wounded Philoctetes years earlier because of his festering,…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Sophocles
W. B. Yeats translated Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus from Victorian translations into English and French by classicists R. C.…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Euripides
Medea is a tragic figure who has been betrayed by her husband, Jason, who leaves her for a younger woman and plans to abandon their two sons.…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Euripides
A young prince's austere devotion to the goddess Artemis incurs the wrath of Aphrodite, who orchestrates his doom through his stepmother's illicit…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Euripides
A play by the 5th century B.C. Greek dramatist Euripides, set at the end of the Trojan war and focused on the Greeks' division of spoils among the…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Aeschylus
Aeschylus's only surviving trilogy traces a cycle of bloodshed and justice across three plays. It begins with Agamemnon's return from Troy to a wife…
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Publication order — Publication order — the order in which the books were first published. This is the standard, most widely recommended way to read the series.
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We list 34 books , published between 1876–2009.
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