Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba Cycling and the 'Skein Spread'

and the 'Skein Spread'

Arranged in chronological order

reflect a society where traditional values are under siege

flush with the unexpected success of his first published books

Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba Cycling and the 'Skein Spread'One of Athens' greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here are four of his plays in a new Loeb Classical Library edition. Hippolytus triumphed in the Athenian dramatic competition of 428 BCE; in modern times it has been judged to be one of Euripides' masterpieces. It tells of the punishment that the goddess Aphrodite inflicts on a young