Hippolytus, and Iphigenia in Aulis

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Excerpt from Hippolytus, and Iphigenia in Aulis: Two Tragedies of Euripides Archelaus caufed the remains of the Tragic Bat-d to be interred at Pclla with great funeral magnifi cence. No {eoner did the account of his death reach Athens, than he was univerfally lamented by his countrymen, Sophocles, like a generous rival, ap peared draft in mourning, and introduced his aaora on-rhe Rage without garlands. The road leading {tons the city to the Piraeus, was the' {put pitched uponbr the-athenians for erectinga monument in honour of Euripides. Though the pieces he pofed were numerous, being, according to {one writers l'ewenty-five, and actiording to others ninety ttvo, 'mefeh0pulus fays 'he gained only five prizes, fear-while living, -'and one after his death: fame years, however, before he retired to Macedon, Pin tatch relates, in his Life of Nicias, that {everal Athenian foldiers, whom the Sicilians 'had taken phifoners, by repeating to their conquerors fame veti'ce' of Euripides, obtained the kindeii treatment, and a'fpcedy releafe from their captivity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.