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Euripides

Electra

Fiction | Play | Adult

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Further Reading & Resources

Further Reading: Scholarship

Euripides: Electra by M. J. Cropp

First published in 1988 (but with a second edition published in 2013) by Aris and Phillips, this commentary and translation of the play is useful for beginners and specialists alike. It discusses textual and interpretive issues.

The Gorgon’s Severed Head by C. A. E. Luschnig

Published by Brill in 1995, this monograph explores several plays by Euripides and contains an essay on the development of the characters of Euripides’s Electra. The essay includes a discussion on the metaliterary or metatheatrical aspects of the play.

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