1. Introductory -- 2. Sources for a life of Euripides: memories remaining in the fourth century: youth: Athens after the Persian War: the great sophists -- 3. What is a Greek tragedy? Euripides' early plays up to 438 B.C.: "Alcestis" and "Telephus" --
4. Beginning of the war: the plays of maturity from "Medea" to "Heracles" -- 5. Full expression: the embittering of the war: Alcibiades and the demagogues: the "Ion": the "Trojan women" -- 6. After 415: Euripides' last years in Athens: from "Andromeda" and "Iphigenia" to "Electra" and "Orestes" -- 7. After 408: Macedonia: "Iphigenia in Aulis": "Bacchae" -- 8. The art of Euripides: traditional form and living spirit: the Prologue: the Messenger: the"God from the machine" -- 9. The art of Euripides, continued: the chorus: conclusion.
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