Three plays by ancient Greece’s third great tragedian.

One of antiquity’s greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays is in six volumes.

Helen, in Volume V, employs an alternative history in which a virtuous and faithful Helen was falsely blamed for the actions of her divinely created double in Troy. Here too are Phoenician Women, the battle between the sons of Oedipus for control of Thebes; and Orestes, recasting Orestes’ lot after he murdered his mother.

"A well-executed and stimulating production." - Classical Review

"Kovacs’ translations are in fairly literal… and yet very readable English prose. Both experts and generalists will benefit from the work of this experienced Euripidean scholar." - Religious Studies Review

"Kovacs’ translation is a tour de force… In general, the notes accompanying the translation, explaining such things as geographical and mythological names, are judiciously chosen, concise, and crystal clear… I have nothing but praise for [Kovacs’] scholarship, and the lucidity of his writing, both as translator and commentator." - Scholia Reviews