American Library in Paris Book Group
Origins of Tragedy: Ancient Greek Plays
Sundays, 15h00-16h00
Join us in an exploration of love, death, grief, justice and questions of human agency in a reading of several principal dramas from the leading tragedians of ancient Athens.
Led by Mary Spencer
Reading List
- “The Suppliants,” Aeschylus, translated by Seth Benardete
- “Prometheus Bound,” Aeschylus, translated by David Grene
- “Alcestis,” Euripides, translated by Richmond Lattimore
- “Ion,” Euripides, translated by Gilbert Murray
- “Elektra,” Sophocles, Sir Richard Jebb
Meeting Dates
- 22 March 2026
- 26 April
- 24 May
- 28 June
- 19 July

