Издания и произведения

Helen who has always been faithful to her husband Menelaus; who never went to Troy, but was carried off to Egypt, where she remains throughout the Trojan War, waiting faithfully for her husband Menelaus to rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a mere phantom fashioned by the gods - has blighted the real Helen's life with undeserved hatred.

Though little is known for certain of his early life, Euripides was probably born around 460 b.c.e. to the farmer Mnesarchus and his wife Clito, and his studious nature quickly led him to a literary life in Athens. He turned to playwriting at a young age, achieving his first of five victories in the dramatic competitions of the Athenian City Dionysia in 441 b.c.e. His plays are often ironic, pessimistic, and display radical rejection of classical decorum and rules. Together with Aeschylus and Sophocles, Euripides provided the canon of Greek tragedy and thereby laid the foundation of Western theatre. «Helen» is a drama which follows an…

«Елена» – трагедия великого древнегреческого драматурга Еврипида (480 – 406 до н. э.).*** В основе сюжета – легенда, согласно которой Троянская война началась из-за призрака прекрасной Елены, а ее саму боги похитили и унесли в Египет. В Египте ее преследует влюбленный царь Феоклимен, она прячется от него и неожиданно встречает своего супруга Менелая… Другими произведениями Еврипида, дошедшими до наших дней, являются «Ифигения в Тавриде», «Финикиянки», «Ион», «Орест», «Вакханки», «Ифигения в Авлиде», «Киклоп», «Электра». Авторитет Еврипида в мировой литературе неоспорим. Его трагедиям спустя сотни лет подражали многие известные драматурги.…