- Oresteia
- Persians
- Prometheus Bound
Sophocles
- Antigome
- Oedipus Rex
- Ajax
Euripides
- Medea
- Electra
- Alcestis
- Bacchae
- Trojan Women
- Iphigenia At Aulis
- Phoenician Women
Aristophanes
- The Birds
- The Clouds
- The Frogs
- Lysistrata
Links to Synopses or Synopses to be found here
Ian C. Storey; Arlene Allan (15 April 2008). A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama. Play Synopses: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-4051-3763-8.
A guide to ancient Greek drama : Storey, Ian Christopher,
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470776209.ch6
Richmond Yancey Hathorn (1967). Crowell's handbook of classical drama. Crowell.
Crowell's handbook of classical drama : Hathorn, Richmond Y.
Ten Greek Plays: Lane Cooper - Internet Archive
Index of Individual Works - Classical Literature
Aristophanes - Wikipedia Surviving plays
Aeschylus - Wikipedia Surviving Plays
Euripides - Wikipedia Extant Plays
Sophocles - Wikipedia Works and legacy
ChatGPT's List of Must Reads
Here are must-read Ancient Greek plays that are essential for anyone interested in classical literature, theatre, or philosophy. These works shaped Western drama and still resonate today for their insight into human nature, fate, power, and the divine.
TRAGEDY
Aeschylus (c. 525–455 BCE)
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Agamemnon – The first part of the Oresteia trilogy; explores justice, revenge, and divine will.
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The Libation Bearers – Continues the Oresteia, focusing on Orestes avenging his father's murder.
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The Eumenides – Concludes the Oresteia, showing the transformation from revenge to lawful justice.
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Prometheus Bound (disputed authorship) – The defiant Titan punished for giving fire to humanity.
Sophocles (c. 497–406 BCE)
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Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) – The quintessential Greek tragedy of fate and self-discovery.
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Antigone – A moral clash between civil law and divine justice, centered on a strong female lead.
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Electra – A tale of vengeance and psychological tension; similar in theme to Aeschylus's Libation Bearers.
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Oedipus at Colonus – A philosophical and somber sequel to Oedipus Rex.
Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE)
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Medea – A powerful, chilling story of love, betrayal, and revenge.
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The Bacchae – A wild, haunting tale of Dionysus and divine retribution.
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Hippolytus – A tragedy of lust, honor, and divine meddling.
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Electra – Euripides' take on the revenge of Orestes and Electra; more cynical than Sophocles'.
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Trojan Women – A grim look at war's aftermath from the victims' perspective.
COMEDY
Aristophanes (c. 446–386 BCE)
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Lysistrata – Women withhold sex to force an end to war; a bold, comic piece on gender and power.
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The Clouds – A satire of Socratic philosophy and Athenian intellectual trends.
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The Frogs – A journey to the underworld to bring back a great tragedian; literary satire and commentary.
Greek Plays on Audio and/or Video
The Oresteia : Aeschylus - Librivox Internet Archive
Modern Radio Adaptation BBC Radio 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W33eLJz-nC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAQpxVjrGks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-4E1CtlH6k
The Persians : Aeschylus - Librivox Internet Archive
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound : Aeschylus Part 1
Prometheus Bound : Aeschylus Part 2
The Bacchae
The Trojan Women (1971) Euripides directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Iphigenia (1977) directed by Cacoyannis - YouTube
Elektra directed by Cacoyannis (1962) - YouTube
Oxford World's Classics
Aeschylus
Persians
Sophocles
Oedipus the King
Euripides http://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/the-trojan-women-and-other-plays-9780199538812?cc=gb&lang=en&
The Trojan Women
Andromache
Hippolytus
Electra
Helen
Heracles
Children of Heracles
Cyclops
Aristophanes
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/aristophanes-frogs-and-other-plays-9780192824097?q=aristophanes%20frogs&lang=en&cc=gb
Clouds
Women at the Thesmophoria
Frogs
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/birds-and-other-plays-9780199555673?cc=gb&lang=en&
Birds
Lysistrata
Assembly - Women
Wealth
Sophocles
King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone.
Euripides
Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus.
Euripides (1963). Heracles. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-044129-1.
Medea, Hecabe, Electra, Heracles
Euripides (2005). The Bacchae and Other Plays. Penguin Adult. ISBN 978-0-14-044726-2.
Phoenician Women, Orestes, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Rhesus.
Euripides (23 February 2006). Orestes and Other Plays. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-196198-9.
The Bacchae, and other plays : Euripides -: Internet Archive
Aristophanes
The Birds and Other Plays
Frogs and Other Plays
- Agamemnon
- The Eumenides
- Libation Bearers
- Oresteia
- The Persians
- Prometheus Bound
- The Seven Against Thebes
- Antigone
- Electra by Sophocles
- Oedipus at Colonus
- Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King
- Greek Tragedies
Mark Griffith; David Grene; Richmond Lattimore (22 April 2013). Greek Tragedies 2: Aeschylus: The Libation Bearers; Sophocles: Electra; Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians, Electra, The Trojan Women. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-03562-8.
Mark Griffith; David Grene; Richmond Lattimore (22 April 2013). Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-03609-0.
Euripides (1998). tr Paul Roche. Ten Plays. Signet Classic. ISBN 978-0-451-52700-4.
Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and The Cyclops.
Sophocles; Aeschylus; Euripides (2016). The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-679-64448-4.
Text Library - Kosmos Society
- Some audio readings
Hystorie Collection (to be expanded) - Internet Archive
References
J. Michael Walton (14 April 2016). Translating Classical Plays: Collected Papers. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-30040-3.
Ruth Scodel (16 August 2010). An Introduction to Greek Tragedy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49349-9.
The Greatest Books: Harold Bloom's The Western Canon from The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom
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