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Euripides: The Children of Heracles

with and introduction, translation and commentary by William Allan

The Children of Heracles is a powerful and challenging tragedy of exile and supplication. Driven from their homeland by Eurystheus, king of Argos, the children of Heracles flee as fugitives throughout Greece until they are granted protection in Athens. However, their acceptance as political refugees threatens to cause civil revolt among the Athenians and hostile invasion from the Argives. The self-sacrifice of Heracles' daughter ensures a victory for Athens and the Heraclidae, but Heracles' mother Alcmene refuses to spare the life of Eurystheus, although he is a prisoner of war protected by Athenian law. The play shows the amorality of the powerful and the vulnerability of refugees in the most disturbing terms, making for a drama of continuing moral and political relevance to the modern world. A reprint with text in Greek with facing English translation. (Aris and Phillips 2001)

Review Quote

"William Allan is rapidly establishing himself as a rising star in Euripidean studies."

Ian C Storey
Mouseion (2004)

Table of contents

General introduction to the series (Shirley Barlow)
Introduction to Heracles
1. Myth
2. Integrity and Structure of the Play
3. Suppliant Tragedy
4. Tragedy and History
5. Setting and Staging
6. The Heraclidae in Art
7. The Date of the Play
8. The Transmission of the Text

Parallel Greek text and English translation
Commentary

Biographical note

William Allan is Praelector in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford. He is the author of The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy (Oxford University Press, 2000) Euripides: Medea (Duckworth 2002) and Euripides: Helen (Cambridge University Press 2008).

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