Project Gutenberg 2006-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 73 Swinburne, Algernon Charles 1837 1909 Maitland, Thomas Maitland, A. C. (Algernon Charles) Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Thierry Alberto, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Erechtheus" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a tragedy written in the late 19th century. This dramatic work centers on the themes of sacrifice, duty, and the struggles of leadership within the context of ancient Athens. The narrative unfolds primarily through the voices of Erechtheus, the Athenian king, and his family, highlighting their profound emotional and moral dilemmas in the face of impending doom. At the start of the play, Erechtheus speaks to the Earth, his mother, expressing his distress over a dire prophecy that threatens his city. He is faced with the terrible ultimatum from the gods that one life is required to save Athens. The opening portion establishes the tension between duty to one’s homeland and the personal sacrifices demanded of its leaders. As the dialogue shifts between Erechtheus, his wife Praxithea, and their daughter Chthonia, the weight of their impending decisions becomes increasingly palpable, paving the way for the exploration of love, life, and the horrors of war that permeate the tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama Tragedies PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Browsing: Fiction 194357 194358 2024-10-08T08:35:26.499987 2023-09-08T10:04:28.263011 text/html text/html 197969 2006-06-11T06:57:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 52213 2006-06-11T06:57:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126457 2024-10-08T08:35:36.344916 application/epub+zip 126283 2024-10-08T08:35:29.719956 application/epub+zip 126284 2024-10-08T08:35:27.797988 application/epub+zip 248711 2024-10-08T08:35:39.553917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356981 2024-10-08T08:35:34.502960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334935 2022-09-09T04:23:59.299371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130809 2024-10-08T08:35:25.149982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131009 2006-06-11T06:55:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 47066 2006-06-11T06:57:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 130681 2006-06-11T06:57:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46657 2006-06-11T06:57:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130676 2006-06-11T06:57:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46624 2006-06-11T06:57:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22933 2024-10-08T08:35:39.984905 application/rdf+xml 11242 2024-10-08T08:35:28.382959 image/jpeg 2990 2024-10-08T08:35:28.086961 image/jpeg 116690 2024-10-08T08:35:26.513981 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia