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.
Andromache (430-424 BC) - Tells of the trials of Hector's widow Andromache,
after she has been carried off by Neoptolemus. This play accuses the
Athenians' enemies, the Spartans, of cruelty and cowardice.
