Euripides (~480-406 BC) - Ranked with Aeschylus and Sophocles as one of the
greatest Greek dramatists, he enjoyed the least success of the three. Known
even by the ancients as "the philosopher of the stage," he is admired today
for his belief in the individual and his keen insight into the human psyche.
Alcestis (438 BC) - Euripides' earliest extant play tells the story of
Alcestis' voluntary descent to Hades in place of her husband Admetus, king
of Pherae, and of her rescue by Heracles.
