![]() Athenian citizens would struggle during the long wars with Sparta, especially during the last tens years, and Athens eventually lost in 404 bce. This meant he lived through Athens 50 years of Greek dominance that lasted from roughly the battle of Salamis in 480 to the beginning of the Peloponnesian war in 431. They are also largely anti-war statements, a reflection of his times.Įuripides lived from c. In sum, these are complex and interesting works that deserve multiple readings.but I have only read them once so far. They are more dynamic, they keep the reader/viewer entertained, and still, there is so much going on behind the words that is completely counter to what is overtly being said. His play structure no longer feels like a selection of long dull monologues that only affect in sum, and that are entirely disturbing. His understated satire is still prominent, but has become much more sophisticated and not entirely negative. ![]() They show a lot of developed complexity compared to the collection of earlier plays I read previously. ![]() ![]() Translated by Philip Vellacott, 1954, revised 1973įormat: 249 page Penguin Classics paperback The Bacchae and Other Plays : Ion, The Women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae by Euripides ![]()
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These are, The Slow Regard of Silent Things, The lightning tree, and a short story named The Tale of Laniel Young-Again (this one gonna be published after The doors of stone). It is said that before publishing Kvothe’s third book, three intermediate short stories would be published. We also know that there is already a manuscript of the third book of The kingkiller chronicles in review, this makes us think that the story is finished or that it lacks very little. We know that it does not have a definite front page even though there are two or three models spinning, but the orange color may be predominant. We know that the provisional name is The doors of stone. In this post I make a compilation of what is known about the third book of Patrick Rothfuss, so all you anxious readers can calm the spirits and have the information of last moment on The Doors of Stone. It looks like we’re going to have to settle for re-reading The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear. 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