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A review by sere_rev
The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides by Mary Lefkowitz
4.0
I'm sure these plays would make a very different impression when acted, sung, and chanted on stage. In book form, it is easier to judge some characters as weak, some plot points as strange.
Still, I really enjoyed some of these plays, and I appreciated all the notes, introductory paragraphs, and appendices.
My favorite play in the volume was Euripides' Medea, followed by the Bacchae (also by Euripides). Medea is a very strong, conflicted, and intriguing character ("Let no one think me weak, worthless, or docile"). If you want to read just one play as an introduction to Greek tragedy, I'd go for that.
Still, I really enjoyed some of these plays, and I appreciated all the notes, introductory paragraphs, and appendices.
My favorite play in the volume was Euripides' Medea, followed by the Bacchae (also by Euripides). Medea is a very strong, conflicted, and intriguing character ("Let no one think me weak, worthless, or docile"). If you want to read just one play as an introduction to Greek tragedy, I'd go for that.