Iphigenia in Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Iphigenia in Tauris" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a verse drama written between 1779-1786, reworking Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy. Iphigenia serves as priestess to Diana on Tauris, saved from sacrifice by her father Agamemnon yet imprisoned by exile and longing for Greece. When King Thoas demands marriage, she refuses—but her refusal threatens to revive human sacrifice. Two Greek strangers arrive: her brother Orestes, cursed for murdering their mother, and his friend
Pylades. Neither recognizes the other, yet their fates intertwine as an oracle's cryptic message drives them toward collision. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Swanwick, Anna, 1813-1899 |
| Title | Iphigenia in Tauris |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphigenia_in_Tauris_(Goethe) |
| Credits |
Produced by David Starner, Peter Barozzi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Iphigenia (Mythological character) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 15850 |
| Release Date | May 18, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 779 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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