Supplices
by Euripides
Supplices (The Suppliants) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides, first staged in Athens around 423 BC. Argive mothers ask Theseus of Athens to help recover their sons' bodies, left unburied by Thebes.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First edition
- Bouma's Boekhuis, 1975
The first edition of Supplices by Euripides was published in Groningen by Bouma's Boekhuis in 1975. We track 1 edition.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Elefsina
- Characters
- Aethra, Theseus, Adrastus, Evadne, Iphis, Athena
- Genre
- Greek tragedy
In print
- Editions recorded
- 15 on Open Library, 6 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 21 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of Supplices?
The first edition of Supplices by Euripides was published in Groningen by Bouma's Boekhuis in 1975.
How many editions of Supplices are there?
We track 1 edition of Supplices, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Suppliants (Euripides), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Suppliants (by Euripides), World History Encyclopedia, 2020 (worldhistory.org)
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