Books like The Theban Plays

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• Oresteia Aeschylus 3.4 h
• Prometheus Bound Aeschylus 1.8 h
• Medea and Other Plays Euripides 3.8 h
• Agamemnon Aeschylus 3.1 h
• Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus 2.3 h
• Hippolytus Euripides 2.2 h
• The Trojan Women Euripides 1.7 h
• An Oresteia Anne Carson 4.7 h
• Heracles Euripides 3.3 h
• Antigone Jean Anouilh 1.8 h
• Bacchae Euripides 2.6 h
• The Burial at Thebes Seamus Heaney 1.5 h

How long each takes

Oresteia Aeschylus 3.4 h Prometheus Bound Aeschylus 1.8 h Medea and Other Plays Euripides 3.8 h Agamemnon Aeschylus 3.1 h Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus 2.3 h Hippolytus Euripides 2.2 h The Trojan Women Euripides 1.7 h An Oresteia Anne Carson 4.7 h Heracles Euripides 3.3 h Antigone Jean Anouilh 1.8 h Bacchae Euripides 2.6 h The Burial at Thebes Seamus Heaney 1.5 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.