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.
Hecuba (~425 BC) - Recounts the revenge of Hecuba, queen of Troy, on
Polymestor, who murdered her youngest son. Euripides' study of brutality
is often referred to as one of the first anti-war dramas.
