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I am Iphigenia, daughter of the daughter of Tyndareus
My father killed me

Iphig nie en Tauride est une trag die grecque d'Euripide compos e entre 414 et 412 av. J.-c. Remplac e par une biche au moment de son sacrifice Aulis, Iphig nie est d pos e par Art mis en Tauride (actuelle Crim e). L , elle devient pr tresse de la d esse et sujette du roi Thoas... Read Full Overview

Euripides is rightly lauded as one of the great dramatists of all time. In his lifetime, he wrote over 90 plays and although only 18 have survived they reveal the scope and reach of his genius. Euripides is identified with many theatrical innovations that have influenced drama... Read Full Overview

The modern reader may have difficulty conceiving of Iphigeneia in Tauris as tragedy, for the term in our sense is associated with downfall, death, and disaster. But to the ancient Greeks, the use of heroic legend, the tragic diction and meters, and the tragic actors would have... Read Full Overview

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations... Read Full Overview

Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series.

Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series.

The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides, first performed in Athens in 414 BCE. The play tells the story of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, who was sacrificed by her father to the gods in order to secure favorable... Read Full Overview