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Iphigénie

  • Jean Racine

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Créée à Versailles le 18 août 1674, Iphigénie marque le retour de Racine à des thèmes mythologiques après une série de sujets historiques (Britannicus, Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate). Sur les rivages d'Aulis, les Grecs se préparent à aller attaquer Troie. Mais ils ne peuvent atteindre Troie, car les dieux retiennent les vents nécessaires au départ de l'expédition. Agamemnon, leur chef, est donc contraint de consulter lʹoracle Calchas, qui lui ordonne de sacrifier sa fille, Iphigénie, afin dʹapaiser la déesse Artémis. Dans le chaos provoqué par les indécisions dʹAgamemnon, Iphigénie se soumet aux volontés de son père. Ambition dʹAgamemnon, désir de gloire dʹAchille, orgueil de Clytemnestre, jalousie dʹÉriphile : la pièce donne à voir des passions déchaînées qui, toutes, font dʹIphigénie leur victime. -- from http://fr.wikipedia.org (June 17, 2014).

Iphigenie is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by the French playwright Jean Racine. It was first performed in the Orangerie in Versailles on August 18, 1674 as part of the fifth of the royal Divertissements de Versailles of Louis XIV to celebrate the conquest of Franche-Comté. Later in December it was triumphantly revived at the Hotel de Bourgogne, home of the royal troupe of actors in Paris. With Iphigénie, Racine returned once again to a mythological subject, following a series of historical plays (Britannicus, Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate). On the shores at Aulis, the Greeks prepare their departure for an attack on Troy. The gods quell the winds for their journey and demand the sacrifice of Iphigénie, daughter of Agamemnon, King of the Greeks. -- from http://en.wikipedia.org (June 17, 2014).

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  • French language materials
  • Iphigenia (Greek mythology)
  • Drama
  • French literature
  • Early works to 1800
  • Translations into French
  • Greek Mythology
  • History and criticism
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  • Jean Racine

    1639 - 1699

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    Nouv. éd.

    Compagnie des libraires

    1769

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    Flammarion

    1998

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    American Book Company

    1896

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    Didier

    1968

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American Book Co.

1896

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    Hachette Education

    January 26, 1994

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    Gallimard

    May 4, 1999

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    Flammarion

    January 22, 2001

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    J. de Gigord

    1940

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    Nouvelle édition.

    Aux dépens de la Compagnie

    1771

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    Librairie Générale Française

    1986

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    Hatier

    1921

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    Larousse

    1965

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    American Book Company

    1896

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    Larousse

    1970

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    Bordas

    1967

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    American Book Co.

    1924

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    Larousse-Bordas

    1999

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    Pergamon

    1968

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    Librairie Larousse

    1933

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    Nouv. éd.

    Compagnie des libraires

    1769

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    Pergamon

    1968

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    Librairie larousse.

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