The Rhesus of Euripides

"The Rhesus of Euripides" is a series of verse translations of Greek dramatic poetry written by Euripides, with commentaries and explanatory notes. It has been translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray, Regius professor of Greek in the University of Oxford. Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced drama down to modern times, especially in the representation of traditional, mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.