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