Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Life of Euripides -- Part 1 The Tragedies of War and Its Aftermath: The Trojan Cycle -- 1 Iphigenia at Aulis -- 2 Trojan Women -- 3 Hecuba -- 4 Andromache -- 5 Helen -- Part 2 Cursed Royal Families: The Mycenaean and Theban Cycle -- 6 Electra -- 7 Orestes -- 8 Iphigenia in Tauris -- 9 Phoenician Women -- 10 Suppliant Women -- Part 3 The ’Fatal’ Power of Love -- 11 Alcestis -- 12 Medea -- 13 Hippolytus -- Part 4 Questioning Gods and Religion -- 14 Bacchant Women -- 15 An Appendix -- Part 5 The Tragic Side of Heracles’ Life -- 16 Heracles -- 17 The Children of Heracles (Heraclidae) -- Part 6 Beyond Tragedy: A Satyr Drama -- 18 Cyclops -- Appendix: List of Modern Adaptations -- Index Locorum -- Index of Subjects.