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FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHY

Melchinger, Siegfried. “The Life and Times of Euripides.” In Euripides, translated by Samuel R. Rosenbaum, pp. 7-36. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1973.

Presents Euripides's life with historical, literary, and cultural background of his time.

CRITICISM

Beye, Charles Rowan. Introduction to Alcestis, by Euripides, translated by Charles Rowan Beye, pp. 1-12. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974.

Discusses the Alcestis legend and speculates on the audience's reaction to Euripides's play.

Beye, Charles Rowan. “Alcestis and Her Critics.” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 2, no. 2 (April 1959): 109-27.

Examines some of the criticism directed at the Alcestis and explains how it is mistaken.

Bradley, Edward M. “Admetus and the Triumph of Failure in Euripides' Alcestis.” Ramus no. 9 (1980):...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. William Arrowsmith (essay date 1974)
   2. D. J. Conacher (essay date 1988)
   3. Charles Segal (essay date 1993)
   4. Kiki Gounaridou (essay date 1998)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright

1. Ancient Greece
2. Euripides