Iphigenia : Phaedra. Athaliah
(2013)
Nonfiction
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[United States]: Neeland Media LLC 2013
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ISBN/ISSN
9781420949018 (electronic bk.) MWT11940866, 1420949012 (electronic bk.) 11940866
LANGUAGE
English
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In this volume of Racine's plays we find "Iphigenia," the ninth of twelve plays by the author. After a series of historical dramas Racine choose to return to mythological subject matter for his ninth play. As Agamemnon, King of the Greeks, prepares his navy to attack Troy, the gods quell the winds for their journey and demand the sacrifice of Iphigenia, Agamemnon's daughter. Based in part on Euripides' "Iphigenia in Aulis," Racine departs somewhat by substituting an alternative dramatic solution for the ending
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