Iphigenia in Aulis
Americannoun
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a tragedy (408? b.c.) by Euripides.
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an opera (1774) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
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The Greek tragedians rebuilt Troy and the places connected with it in such plays as Hecuba and Iphigenia in Aulis and Agamemnon.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2019
For a brilliant plot template, I looked at Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, which is the same story – a young girl commits to an heroic act, against the wishes of her parents.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2012
Iphigenia in Aulis, presented last week at Manhattan's Circle in the Square in a translation by Minos Volanakis, shows men and women undoing themselves through ambition, power, lust, fear, guile and egocentric arrogance.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, which begins this cycle, there are three pitch points.
From Time Magazine Archive
Further, I have to mention that a new edition of the "Iphigenia in Aulis" of Euripides has once more turned my attention to that incomparable Greek poet.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee
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