{"id":4632,"date":"2019-09-05T14:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=4632"},"modified":"2025-03-23T17:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:34:35","slug":"stories-from-the-greek-tragedians-by-alfred-j-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/stories-from-the-greek-tragedians-by-alfred-j-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from the Greek Tragedians"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stories from the Greek Tragedians<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Alfred J. Church<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"church_tragedians_cover\" data-id=\"3084\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/church_tragedians_cover.jpg\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/previews\/church_tragedians_preview.pdf\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Look inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span><span><span style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0); font-size: 16px;\">Thirteen strong, interesting tales from Greek tragedy, admirably retold by Alfred J. Church and retaining remarkably well the spirit of the originals. Includes the stories of Alcestis, Medea, Antigone, Philoctetes, Agamemnon, Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes among others.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additional information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages:&nbsp; <\/strong><em>11-14<\/em><span><strong>Length:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span> <\/span><em><span>201 pages<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em><span><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span><span><span><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>&nbsp;Black and white (paperback),<\/span><\/em><em><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Color (ebook)<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Year published:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span>2008<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span><strong>ISBN:<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><\/em><em>978-1-59915-079-6<\/em><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><strong><span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Literature, Drama<\/span><\/em>                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Purchase book at Amazon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add print book to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add ebook to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1. The Story of the Love of Alcestis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2. The Story of the Vengeance of Medea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3. The Story of the Death of Hercules<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>4. The Story of the Seven Chiefs against Thebes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>5. The Story of Antigone<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>6. The Story of Iphigenia in Aulis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>7. The Story of Philoctetes, or The Bow of Hercules<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8. The Story of the Death of Agamemnon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9. The Story of Electra, or The Return of Orestes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>10. The Story of the Furies, or The Loosing of Orestes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>11. The Story of Iphigenia among the Taurians<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>12. The Story of the Persians, or The Battle of Salami<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>13. The Story of Ion<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>An Inside View&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15090\" width=\"924\" height=\"691\" title=\"church_tragedians\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/church_tragedians.jpg\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Related <strong><strong><strong>Titles<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-iliad-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"church_iliad_cover\" data-id=\"2996\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/church_iliad_cover.jpg\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-iliad-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church\" style=\"outline: none; display: inline-block;\"><strong>The Iliad for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Alfred J. 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Church Look inside&#8230; Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;Thirteen strong, interesting tales from Greek tragedy, admirably retold by Alfred J. Church and retaining remarkably well the spirit of the originals. Includes the stories of Alcestis, Medea, Antigone, Philoctetes, Agamemnon, Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes among others. Additional information: Ages:&nbsp; 11-14Length:&nbsp; 201 pagesFormat:&nbsp;&nbsp;Paperback, EbookIllustrations:&nbsp;&nbsp;Black [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4632","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4632"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23233,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4632\/revisions\/23233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}