Euripides (Mahaffy)

by John Pentland Mahaffy

Classical
Writers

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EURIPIDES

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J. P. MAHAFFY

Classical Writers.
Edited by John Richard Green.

 

EURIPIDES.

 

BY

J. P. MAHAFFY, A.M.,

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE
AND
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.

 

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 BROADWAY.
1879.

 

CONTENTS

 

Chapter I.
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HIS AGE AND SURROUNDINGS	5
Chapter II.
THE POET'S LIFE AND STUDIES	26
Chapter III.
SURVEY OF HIS WORKS	39
Chapter IV.
HIS PLOTS	45
Chapter V.
DRAMAS OF CHARACTER AND OF SITUATION—THE CYCLOPS	65
Chapter VI.
SPECIAL CHARACTERS—HEROINES	88
Chapter VII.
HEROES, HERALDS, SLAVES	101
Chapter VIII.
HIS LYRIC POETRY—CHORAL ODES, MONODIES	111
Chapter IX.
PROLOGUES, EPILOGUES, LESSER CHARACTERISTICS	120
Chapter X.
THE HISTORY AND FORTUNES OF HIS WORKS	128

 

 

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CLASSICAL WRITERS

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EURIPIDES–J. P. MAHAFFY

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Edited by J. R. GREEN

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