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Iphigenia in Aulis

Year

2014

Language

ENGLISH

Author

Euripides

Publication Information

Wilder Publications, Inc.

Summary

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 that have profoundly influenced drama down to modern times, especially in the representation of traditional, mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. This new approach led him to pioneer developments that later writers adapted to comedy, some of which are characteristic of romance. In 'Iphigenia at Aulis', King Agamemnon is told he must sacrifice his eldest daughter, Iphigenia, to appease the goddess Artemis, to grant wind for his army to sail to Troy, where they intend to slake their bloodlust in war.

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