Rhesos (3)Rhesus

A play by Euripides produced circa 455 or 450 BCE; assumed to be his earliest play.

This play is not too tragic but still has a certain amount of drama; the story centers around the night Odysseus and Diomedes snuck into the Trojan camp and reeked havoc by killing Rhesos and stealing his prized horses; the murder of the Trojan spy, Dolon, is mentioned but not elaborated upon; I personally considered the murder of Dolon a very important part of The Iliad and I was surprised to see it relegated to a secondary plot line in this play; the play is mostly talk and not much action.

I personally recommend the translations compiled by Richmond Lattimore and David Grene; you can find this and other plays by Euripides in the 882 section of your local library or you can order them from the Book Shop on this site which is linked to Amazon.com.