Love your stuff so much man. Always being introduced to new things. I'll be hoenst, other than Shakespeare i am not always a big play reader and you have me rethinking that! well done!
Thanks, Brandon! I can subvocalize to an extreme when reading, so I enjoy dramatic works. It also means I play around with characters’ voices when reading books to our daughters. Hope you’re having a nice week. Cheers, Jack
Thanks for the kind words, Barbara. I have one of those “great book” series entries that includes all of the extant Greek plays without introductions or notes that I found at a used bookstore. In terms of more modern translations, most will have 4-5 plays from Euripides. I think the most tragic plays from Euripides are Hippolytus, Hecuba (Hekabe/Hecabe in some versions), and Medea while Alcestis is strangely effective. The University of Chicago collects a few of these together in one of its volumes, I believe Euripides I. Penguin Classics splits them across a couple of volumes. NYRB Classics published Grief Lessons, which has all of those except Medea. Best of luck in finding one that works for you. I hope you had a great weekend. Cheers, Jack
Love your stuff so much man. Always being introduced to new things. I'll be hoenst, other than Shakespeare i am not always a big play reader and you have me rethinking that! well done!
Thanks, Brandon! I can subvocalize to an extreme when reading, so I enjoy dramatic works. It also means I play around with characters’ voices when reading books to our daughters. Hope you’re having a nice week.
Cheers, Jack
I love this video. Can you recommend a good inclusive book of a Euripides plays?
Thanks for the kind words, Barbara. I have one of those “great book” series entries that includes all of the extant Greek plays without introductions or notes that I found at a used bookstore.
In terms of more modern translations, most will have 4-5 plays from Euripides. I think the most tragic plays from Euripides are Hippolytus, Hecuba (Hekabe/Hecabe in some versions), and Medea while Alcestis is strangely effective. The University of Chicago collects a few of these together in one of its volumes, I believe Euripides I. Penguin Classics splits them across a couple of volumes. NYRB Classics published Grief Lessons, which has all of those except Medea. Best of luck in finding one that works for you. I hope you had a great weekend.
Cheers, Jack
Anytime you want to read more Greek or Roman plays let me know. 😉. Happy to join in.
Absolutely! I sense a return to Terence or Aristophanes in the near future . . . I hope you all had a happy thanksgiving, Stephanie!
Cheers, Jack
@@DavidWiley7 that would be great!