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MediaDB / «Helen" Euripides: download fb2, read online
About the book: year / "Helen" is the tragedy of the great ancient Greek playwright Euripides (480 - 406 BC).*** The plot is based on a legend according to which The Trojan War began because of the ghost of the beautiful Helen, and she herself was kidnapped by the gods and taken to Egypt. In Egypt, she is pursued by the loving king Theoclymenus, she hides from him and unexpectedly meets her husband Menelaus... Other works of Euripides that have survived to this day are “Iphigenia in Tauris”, “Phoenician Women”, “Ion”, “Orestes”, “Bacchae” , “Iphigenia in Aulis”, “Cyclops”, “Electra”. The authority of Euripides in world literature is undeniable. His tragedies were imitated hundreds of years later by many famous playwrights. His immortal works have been translated into different languages of the world.