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Euripides Greek Tragedy’s Unsung Hero
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Electra – Powerful or Pathetic?
It was the fifth century Athenian tragedians who recognised the brutal power of the Electra story. Despite being little more than a footnote to Homer, this torrid tale of a sister and brother (Orestes)...
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The Ages of Ancient Greece
By Ben Potter Archaic. Classical. Hellenistic. These terms are often (and quite naturally) conflated together under the generic heading of ‘classical’, or, at the very least, ‘old’. It appears that...
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Jason: Sniveling Worm or Unfortunate Bloke?
By Ben Potter and Anya Leonard Jason and the Argonauts It’s a myth famed in the ancient greek world, filled with monsters, superheroes and of course femme fatales. The main plot centers around Jason,...
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Was Ancient Greek Theater Only for Men?
by Ben Potter A quick search of our homepage will reveal that a copious amount of ink has already been spilt discussing the life and works of the great practitioners of Athenian theatre: Aeschylus,...
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The Bloodless – but perhaps Most Clever – Greek Tragedy Ever Written
By Ben Potter and Anya Leonard Sophocles’ Philoctetes, first performed in 409 BC, isn’t a typical tragedy, certainly not in the more modern perception of the genre. There is no high death toll and no...
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Euripides, The Great Greek Tragedian
By Eldar Balta, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Euripides’ Early life Born on Salamis Island in 480 BC to mother Cleito and father Mnesarchus, Euripides’ destiny was foretold in a prophecy given...
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Hippolytus: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
By Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom It sounds like something straight out of a modern –albeit extremely tragic- weekday soap opera: step-son (Hippolytus) incurs the wrath of...
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Top 10 Quotes from Euripides
Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) is the great Greek Tragedian of Classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but, according to the Suda, it was...
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9 Awesome Quotes from Aeschylus
Aeschylus (525 BC – 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece and is considered the father of Tragedy. He wrote between 70 and 90 plays, won 28 competitions and completely altered the face of the...
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The Bacchae: the Morals of Murderous Women
By Ben Potter If I invited you to a bacchanalia what would you expect? Wine? Dancing? Sex? Of course you would. How about harmonizing with nature? Mass hallucination? Violence? Carpaccio? You're...
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Electra – Powerful or Pathetic?
It was the fifth century Athenian tragedians who recognised the brutal power of the Electra story. Despite being little more than a footnote to Homer, this torrid tale of a sister and brother (Orestes)...
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Euripides Greek Tragedy’s Unsung Hero
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The Bacchae: the Morals of Murderous Women
By Ben Potter If I invited you to a bacchanalia what would you expect? Wine? Dancing? Sex? Of course you would. How about harmonizing with nature? Mass hallucination? Violence? Carpaccio? You're...
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Euripides’ Helen – an Alternative View of Helen of Troy
by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom She’s probably the single most famous woman from all of Greek mythology. We think we know the tale – the most beautiful woman in the world, and the...
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Herakles – What’s In A Name?
by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom He’s the greatest of the Greek heroes. There’s probably no other Greek figure that has had more movies, TV shows, and other adaptations based on their...
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Alcestis: The Least Tragic Tragedy
by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom What do you think of when hear the words “Greek tragedy”? I’ll bet that the images that spring to mind tend to be dark and dramatic. Yet not all...
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The Three Elektras
by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom The myth of Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon, seems to have held a particular power on the minds of tragedians - all three of the great Greek playwrights...
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Greek Tragedy’s Only Trilogy – The Oresteia
by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom The Oresteia of Aeschylus is a truly remarkable work. It is the only surviving trilogy of plays from ancient Greece, and is amongst the earliest Greek...
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War and Greek Tragedy (Part Three: Euripides)
by Andrew Aulner, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Euripides is unique among the three tragedians in that, unlike Aeschylus and Sophocles, there is no historical record that he ever served in the...
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