In one of the most significant discoveries related to Ancient Greek literature over the past half century, archaeologists have uncovered around 100 lines from two otherwise lost plays by the ...

“GRIEF Lessons,” the Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson’s new rendering of four plays by Euripides, reminds us that the difference between competent and inspired translation is more than a ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write a weekly profile on the Great Books. But before I forget, the summary, for which the following should suffice: As the play ...

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The surviving Greek tragedies pose inordinate challenges to contemporary theater practitioners, but Euripides’ “Bacchae,” one of his most beloved works, may be the trickiest of all to stage. It’s ...

CU Boulder Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides After months of intense scrutiny, two University of Colorado Boulder scholars have ...

Because we can watch a newly adapted version of the classic play “Iphigenia” and think about its relevance to the war in Iraq, it becomes infinitely clear why modern drama begins with Euripides. Helen ...

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