Review: Alcestis and Other Plays

Alcestis and Other Plays by Euripides
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Quite a fun read, even for someone with no particular knowledge of Greek myths and tragedies (except for what I read from time to time).

Alcestis seems like a Greek tragedy, but actually has a happy ending (although quite frankly the husband deserved to be punished imho)

Medea was the juicy, scandalous and ultimately tragic one. Although Jason totally deserved it, but not his children.

The Children of Heracles was just ok. Also, I'm not sure about the timeline. Heracles's brother is an old man, but his mother is still around and kicking, and his kids are young, although his son who appears toward the end is grown. This confused me a tad.

Hippolytus was probably the most tragic (Medea was more evil). Although, once again here, when he started badmouthing aphrodite you could almost hear the ominous soundtrack of foreboding in the background.

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