Hippolytus, and Iphigenia in Aulis Two Tragedies of Euripides (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Hippolytus, and Iphigenia in Aulis: Two Tragedies of Euripides Archelaus caufed the remains of the Tragic Bar-cl to he interred at Pclla with great funeral magnifi cence. Ono fooner did the account of his death reach Athens, than he was univerfally lamented by his countrymen; Sophocles, like a generous rival, ap posted dust! In mourning, and introduced his after: ctr-the Rage without garlands. The road leading fiom the city to the Piraeus, was the' (pot pitched ttponby the-athenians for ereaiuga monument in honour of Euripides. Though the pieces he pol'ed were numerous, being, according to {one writers (entity-five, and according to others ninety two, mofehopulus fays 'he gained only five prizes, four-while living-and one after his death: fame yaks; however, before he retired to Macedon, tatch relates, in his Life of Nicias, that (even! Athenian foldicrs, whom the Sicilians 'had taken phifoners, by repeating to their conquerors fame vetfes' of Euripides, obtained the kindeli treatment, and a'fpeedy releafe from their captivity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.