These two Homeric plays are simply dramatizations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Like all dramatizations of the two major opening works of European literature, that are countless because of the Homeric inexhaustible treasures of good stories, there have been additions and innovations also here, but the main purpose of these contributions is simply to make them fit for the stage. It is not easy to dramatize Homer because of his vast sieves of composition, except in episodes, so it is a challenge, which, like to all Homeric playwrights, from the ancient Greek dramatists to modern ones like Eugene O’Neill and Jean Anouilh, is always irresistible.
