Iphigenia in Tauris (Goethe)
1779 play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iphigenia in Tauris (German: Iphigenie auf Tauris) is a reworking by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of the ancient Greek tragedy Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις (Iphigeneia en Taurois) by Euripides. Euripides' title means "Iphigenia among the Taurians", whereas Goethe's title means "Iphigenia in Taurica", the country of the Tauri.
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Written by | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Based on | Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides |
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Date premiered | April 6, 1779 (1779-04-06) |
Place premiered | Ducal private theater in Weimar |
Original language | German |
Genre | Tragedy |
Setting | Diana's temple grove at Tauris, after the Trojan War |
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Goethe wrote the first version of his play in six weeks, and it was first performed on April 6, 1779, in prose form. He rewrote it in 1781, again in prose, and finally in 1786 in verse form.[1] He took the manuscript of Iphigenia in Tauris with him on his famous Italian Journey.