This is wonderful, thank you. I’ve read quite a few while studying but I really want to read them all and had an idea to read them in the order they were written, but this gives me a good option.
As someone who wants to dip her toes into greek tragedies but don’t know where to start, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you so much for sharing!
I’m not sure yet. I do plan to read some of the Roman ones, but I’m going through the Immortal Books in chronological order, so I haven’t reached them yet. I can let you know in a few years.
This is super helpful. I recently read a few of the plays. Agamemnon was unbelievably intense for me, and then I followed it up with the Orestia plays. I might have been better served by switching them up!
Thank you for this article. I recently read all the plays chronologically but your suggestions make more logical sense and I'll follow these ideas the next time I read the plays, which I'll no doubt do at some point in my life.
As someone who has been staring at his collected Greek Plays anthology (unread) on the bookcase for 9 months, this is greatly appreciated...
This is wonderful, thank you. I’ve read quite a few while studying but I really want to read them all and had an idea to read them in the order they were written, but this gives me a good option.
As someone who wants to dip her toes into greek tragedies but don’t know where to start, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you so much for sharing!
Wow, this is a treasure. I’m so glad I found this post. I’m planning on reading through them all this summer and I’m very excited now. Thank you!!
Let me know how it goes!
Curious if you consider the Roman remakes of Greek tragedies to be worth our time. I'm a bit partial to Seneca's philosophy-infused redos.
I’m not sure yet. I do plan to read some of the Roman ones, but I’m going through the Immortal Books in chronological order, so I haven’t reached them yet. I can let you know in a few years.
Thank you. A long time since I read any, & I think I've been out off by not knowing where to start.
This is super helpful. I recently read a few of the plays. Agamemnon was unbelievably intense for me, and then I followed it up with the Orestia plays. I might have been better served by switching them up!
Yeah, I had trouble starting with Aeschylus.
Thank you for this article. I recently read all the plays chronologically but your suggestions make more logical sense and I'll follow these ideas the next time I read the plays, which I'll no doubt do at some point in my life.
Very helpful, thank you!