Ancient Greek Plays Must Reads

Aeschylus
 - 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.

Fifteen Greek Plays : Lane Cooper - Internet Archive

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

Greek Plays on Audio and/or Video

Oresteia

https://youtu.be/O7sdZQ1BDs0 The Agamemnon Part 1

https://youtu.be/ZZyQNOkLfNE The Agamemnon Part 2

https://youtu.be/nFv5-OuaL-E  The Libation Bearers

https://youtu.be/c99mNO3TLFY?t=1 Eumenidea (The Furies)

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

https://youtu.be/Uth8VmBHmDM?t=7
The Persians : Aeschylus - Librivox  Internet Archive

Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound : Aeschylus Part 1
Prometheus Bound : Aeschylus Part 2

The Bacchae

The Bacchae : Euripides - Part 1
The Bacchae : Euripides - Part 2

Medea

https://www.youtube.com/4wXMjSygEfI
Euripides' Medea - Fiona Shaw - BBC Radio 3 - YouTube

Theban Plays by Sophocles [BBC Radio productions]
https://archive.org/details/SophoclesTheThebans

Antigone

https://archive.org/details/ANTIGONEPATRICKSTEWART

https://youtu.be/57x4ayPcsDo?t=4
Antigone directed by Cacoyannis - Youtube

Oedipus Rex

https://archive.org/details/oedipus_rex_1008_librivox/oedipusrex_1_sophocles.mp3

Sophocles Oedipus Rex 1957 - YouTube
Oedipus the King parts 1-12 - YouTube

Ajax

00:00 Dramatis personae.

00:33 Part 1.

25:42 Part 2.

54:33 Part 3.

Alcestis
https://archive.org/details/alcestis_1303_librivox/alcestis_1_euripides.mp3

https://archive.org/details/alcestis_1303_librivox/alcestis_2_euripides.mp3

The Trojan Women

https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-BC2116A Part 1 of 2

https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-BC2116B Part 2 of 2
The Trojan Women (1971) Euripides directed by Michael Cacoyannis

Iphigenia in Aulis

Iphigenia in Aulis, by Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC) - YouTube
Iphigenia (1977) directed by Cacoyannis - YouTube

Elektra [Euripides]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhRocERWexI
Elektra directed by Cacoyannis (1962) - YouTube

Aristophanes: Clouds, Lysistrata, Birds, Frogs

https://archive.org/details/Comedies_of_Aristophanes

The Frogs : Aristophanes

Oxford World's Classics

Aeschylus

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/persians-and-other-plays-9780192832825?lang=en&cc=gb

Persians

Seven Against Thebes

Suppliants

Prometheus Bound

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oresteia-9780199537815?lang=en&cc=gb

Agamemnon

Libation Bearers

Eumenides

https://archive.org/details/oresteiaofaeschy00aescuoft

Sophocles

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/antigone-oedipus-the-king-electra-9780199537174?cc=gb&lang=en&

Antigone

Oedipus the King

Electra

http://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/oedipus-the-king-and-other-tragedies-9780192806857?cc=gb&lang=en&

Oedipus the King

Aias

Philoctetes

Oedipus at Colonus

Euripides http://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/the-trojan-women-and-other-plays-9780199538812?cc=gb&lang=en&

Hecuba
The Trojan Women
Andromache

http://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/medea-and-other-plays-9780199537969?cc=gb&lang=en&

Medea
Hippolytus
Electra
Helen

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bacchae-and-other-plays-9780199540525?cc=gb&lang=en&#

Iphigenia among the Taurians

Bacchae

Iphigenia at Aulis

Rhesus

https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/heracles-and-other-plays-9780199555093?q=heracles&lang=en&cc=gb

Alcestis
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

Penguin Books Ltd UK Classics Series

 

Aeschylus

Aeschylus (1984). The Oresteia. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044333-2.

Aeschylus (26 November 2009). The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians / Prometheus Bound / Seven Against Thebes / The Suppliants. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-195589-6.

The Persians, Prometheus Bound, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants

Sophocles

 

Sophocles; Penguin Group (1974). The Theban Plays. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-044003-4.
King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone.

Sophocles (24 April 2008). Electra and Other Plays. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-044978-5.

Ajax, Electra, Women of Trachis, Philoctetes

Euripides

Euripides (27 March 2003). Medea and Other Plays. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-044929-7.
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 (27 June 2002). Heracles and Other Plays. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-196093-7.

Heracles, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, Ion, Helen, Cyclops.

Euripides (23 February 2006). Orestes and Other Plays. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-196198-9.

The Children of Heracles, Andromache, The Suppliant Women, The Phoenician Women, Orestes. Old Series Euripides (26 July 1973). Medea and Other Plays. tr Phillip Vellacott. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-190632-4. Euripides (1 January 1954). The Bacchae and Other Plays. tr Phillip Vellacott. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044044-7.
The Bacchae, and other plays : Euripides -: Internet Archive

Aristophanes  

Lysistrata and Other Plays

https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0141907010

The Archarnians, The Clouds, Lysistrata

The Birds and Other Plays

https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0141913223

The Knights, Peace, The Birds, The Assembly Women, Wealth.

Frogs and Other Plays

https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0141935774

Wasps, Women at the Thesmophoria, Frogs.

General

Aeschylus; Euripides; Sophocles (26 August 2004). Greek Tragedy. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-196171-2.

Reference

Ian C. Storey; Arlene Allan (28 January 2014). A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-45512-8.

A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama (2005} PDF  Contains synopses of all the extant plays.

Peter France (2001). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford University Press. pp. 356–. ISBN 978-0-19-924784-4.

Aeschylus

• Agamemnon
• The Eumenides
• Libation Bearers
• Oresteia
• The Persians
• Prometheus Bound
• The Seven Against Thebes

• Aristophanes
  • The Acharnians
  • The Birds
  • The Clouds
  • The Ecclesiazusae
  • The Frogs
  • Lysistrata
  
  

Euripides

• The Bacchae
• Heracles (Hercules Furens)
• Hippolytus
• Medea
• The Trojan Women

Sophocles

• Antigone
• Electra by Sophocles
• Oedipus at Colonus
• Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King
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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
Seven Greek tragedies, seven simple overviews by Gregory Nagy - 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.