GB Volume 5

Book 5 of Encyclopedia Britannica - Great Books of the Western World

Contents

• THE PLAYS OF AESCHYLUS, Translated into English Verse by G. M. Cookson
  • Aeschylus - The Suppliant Maidens
  • Aeschylus - The Persians
  • Aeschylus - The Seven Against Thebes
  • Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound
  • Aeschylus - Agamemnon
  • Aeschylus - Choephoroe
  • Aeschylus - Eumenides
• THE PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES, Translated into English Prose by Sir Richard C. Jebb
  • Sophocles - Oedipus The King
  • Sophocles - Oedipus at Colonus
  • Sophocles - Antigone
  • Sophocles - Ajax
  • Sophocles - Electra
  • Sophocles - Trachiniae
  • Sophocles - Philoctetes
• THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES, Translated into English Prose by Edward P. Coleridge
  • Euripides - Rhesus
  • Euripides - Medea
  • Euripides - Hippolytus
  • Euripides - Alcetis
  • Euripides - Heracleidae
  • The Suppliants
  • The Trojan Women
  • Ion
  • Helen
  • Andromache
  • Electra
  • The Bacchantes
  • Hecuba
  • Heracles Mad
  • The Phoenician Maidens
  • Orestes
  • Iphigenia Among the Tauri
  • Iphigenia at Aulis  
  • The Cyclops
• THE PLAYS OF ARISTOPHANES, Translated into English Verse by Benjamin Bicldey Rogers

Reading Plan

(2 pages per day, approx. 14 pages per week)

AESCHYLUS

Week 1 (Jan 1 - Jan 7, 2024): The Suppliant Maidens (Pages 1-14) Week 2 (Jan 8 - Jan 14): The Persians (Pages 15-26) Week 3 (Jan 15 - Jan 21): The Seven Against Thebes (Pages 27-39) Week 4 (Jan 22 - Jan 28): Prometheus Bound (Pages 40-51) Week 5 (Jan 29 - Feb 4): Agamemnon (Pages 52-65) Week 6 (Feb 5 - Feb 11): Agamemnon, Choephoroe (Pages 66-79) Week 7 (Feb 12 - Feb 18): Choephoroe, Eumenides (Pages 80-91)

SOPHOCLES

Week 8 (Feb 19 - Feb 25): Oedipus the King (Pages 99-113) Week 9 (Feb 26 - Mar 3): Oedipus at Colonus (Pages 114-130) Week 10 (Mar 4 - Mar 10): Antigone (Pages 131-142) Week 11 (Mar 11 - Mar 17): Ajax (Pages 143-155) Week 12 (Mar 18 - Mar 24): Electra (Pages 156-169) Week 13 (Mar 25 - Mar 31): Trachiniae (Pages 170-181) Week 14 (Apr 1 - Apr 7): Philoctetes (Pages 182-195)

EURIPIDES

Week 15 (Apr 8 - Apr 14): Rhesus, Medea (Pages 203-224) Week 16 (Apr 15 - Apr 21): Hippolytus, Alcestis (Pages 225-247) Week 17 (Apr 22 - Apr 28): Heracleidae, The Suppliants (Pages 248-269) Week 18 (Apr 29 - May 5): The Trojan Women, Ion (Pages 270-297) Week 19 (May 6 - May 12): Helen, Andromache (Pages 298-326) Week 20 (May 13 - May 19): Electra, The Bacchantes (Pages 327-352) Week 21 (May 20 - May 26): Hecuba, Heracles Mad (Pages 353-377) Week 22 (May 27 - Jun 2): The Phoenician Maidens, Orestes (Pages 378-410) Week 23 (Jun 3 - Jun 9): Iphigenia Among the Tauri (Pages 411-424) Week 24 (Jun 10 - Jun 16): Iphigenia at Aulis (Pages 425-439) Week 25 (Jun 17 - Jun 23): The Cyclops (Pages 440-447)

ARISTOPHANES

Week 26 (Jun 24 - Jun 30): The Acharnians (Pages 455-469) Week 27 (Jul 1 - Jul 7): The Knights (Pages 470-487) Week 28 (Jul 8 - Jul 14): The Clouds (Pages 488-506) Week 29 (Jul 15 - Jul 21): The Wasps (Pages 507-525) Week 30 (Jul 22 - Jul 28): The Peace (Pages 526-541) Week 31 (Jul 29 - Aug 4): The Birds (Pages 542-563) Week 32 (Aug 5 - Aug 11): The Frogs (Pages 564-582) Week 33 (Aug 12 - Aug 18): The Lysistrata (Pages 583-599) Week 34 (Aug 19 - Aug 25): The Thesmophoriazusae (Pages 600-614) Week 35 (Aug 26 - Sep 1): The Ecclesiazusae (Pages 615-628) Week 36 (Sep 2 - Sep 8): The Plutus (Pages 629-642)