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.
Electra (413 BC) - The legend of Electra, sister of Orestes, and daughter
of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, dramatized by each of the three great Greek
dramatists. Euripides makes Clytemnestra's murder appear a horrible act.
