Euripides/Ten Plays Author:Euripides ALCESTIS * MEDEA * HIPPOLYTUS * ANDROMACHE * ION * TROJAN WOMEN * ELECTRA * THE BACCHANTS * IPHIGENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS * IPHIGENIA AT AULIS — The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about the social and political problems of contemporary Athenian life. George Bernard Shaw, whose own plays were... more » profoundly influenced by the works of Euripides, regarded him as the greatest of the Greek tragic playwrights. This volume includes all of Euripides' most important plays in brilliant modern prose translations by Moses Hadas and John McLean. Introduction by Moses Hadas.« less