Stories from the Greek Tragedians
By the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A.
AUTHOR OF
"Stories from Homer" and "Stories from Virgil"
With Twenty Illustrations from Designs
by FLAXMAN and Others
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
The Chariot Of Zeus
Preface.
I have added to the "Story of the SevenChiefs against Thebes" the description of thesingle combat between Eteocles and Polynices,which occurs in the Phœnissæ of Euripides.Some changes have been made in the "Storyof Ion" to make it more suitable for the purposeof this book. Throughout the Storiescompression and omission have been freelyused. I can only ask the indulgence of suchof my readers as may be familiar with thegreat originals of which I have given thesepale and ineffectual copies.
RETFORD,
October 11, 1879.
To my Sons,
Alfred, Maurice, Herbert,
Richard, Edward, Harald.
This Book
is dedicated.
Contents
- Preface.
- Contents
- The Story Of The Love Of Alcestis.
- The Story Of The Vengeance Of Medea.
- The Story Of The Death Of Hercules.
- The Story Of The Seven Chiefs Against Thebes.
- The Story Of Antigone.
- The Story Of Iphigenia In Aulis.
- The Story Of Philoctetes, Or The Bow Of Hercules.
- The Story Of The Death Of Agamemnon.
- The Story Of Electra, Or The Return Of Orestes.
- The Story Of The Furies, Or The Loosing Of Orestes.
- The Story Of Iphigenia Among The Taurians.
- The Story Of The Persians, Or The Battle Of Salamis.
- The Story Of Ion.
- The Ajax Series
- Notes
The Story Of The Love Of Alcestis.
Asclepius, the son of Apollo, being a mightyphysician, raised men from the dead. ButZeus was wroth that a man should have suchpower, and so make of no effect the ordinance ofthe Gods. Wherefore he smote Asclepius witha thunderbolt and slew him. And when Apolloknew this, he slew the Cyclopés that hadmade the thunderbolts for his fathe