Andromache

Andromache

by Euripides
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 09/01/2025

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Andromache is a Greek tragedy written by Euripides, one of the great playwrights of ancient Greece. It was first performed in Athens in 425 BC and is based on the mythological character Andromache, the widow of the Trojan prince Hector.The play begins with Andromache being taken captive by the Greek hero Neoptolemus, who has killed her husband and taken her as his concubine. Andromache is now a slave in Neoptolemus' household and has a young son named Molossus.As the play unfolds, Andromache and Neoptolemus clash over their differing beliefs and desires. Andromache is devoted to her son and is desperate to secure his future, while Neoptolemus is torn between his love for Andromache and his duty to his new wife, Hermione. The play also features the character of Peleus, Neoptolemus' father, who attempts to mediate between the conflicting parties.The play explores themes of loyalty, revenge, and the consequences of war. Euripides portrays Andromache as a sympathetic and complex character, torn between her love for her son and her desire for revenge against Neoptolemus. Neoptolemus, meanwhile, is depicted as a conflicted and flawed hero, struggling to reconcile his duty with his emotions.

ISBN:
9789358079470
9789358079470
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
09-01-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Zinc Read
Euripides

Euripides (c.485-07 BC) was an Athenian born into a family of considerable rank. Disdaining the public duties expected of him, Euripides spent a life of quiet introspection, spending much of his life in a cave on Salamis.

Late in life he voluntarily exiled himself to the court of Archelaus, King of Macedon, where he wrote The Bacchae, regarded by many as his greatest work. Euripides is thought to have written 92 plays, only 18 of which survive.

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