Euripides
Ancient Greece
Euripides’ Medea and Her Terrible Revenge Against Patriarchy
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Euripides’ dismissal by some as a misogynist sits uncomfortably alongside his complex and sympathetic female characters.
By Paul Salmond
The Athenian poet Euripides was the last of the three great Greek tragedians, after Aeschylus and Sophocles -- and also the least successful.
Greek tragedies were...
Greek News
The Furies Enacted Revenge in Ancient Greek Mythology
The Furies were a powerful force in ancient Greek mythology. Called the Erinyes, the furies were avenging figures who were tasked with inflicting divine vengeance on those who swore false oaths.
They most often intervened in instances in which the...
Ancient Greece
Euripides’ The Trojan Women—An Unflinching Look at Brutality of War
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The Trojan Women is a genocide narrative. In this play, the great Athenian dramatist Euripides explores the enslavement of women, human sacrifice, rape, and infanticide.
By Chris Mackie
The story of the long struggle for the life of the city of...
events
Euripides’ Medea to be Streamed by National Theatre
Medea, one of Euripides' most famed tragedies, will be live-streamed by Greece's National Theatre on Sunday, January 10.
First premiered nearly 2,000 years ago at the City Dionysia festival in Athens, Medea will be brought into our time by director...
Europe
Ancient Greek Tragedy Adapted by Syrian Women, to be Staged in Berlin
A group of Syrian women are adapting the Euripides’ tragedy “Iphigenia”, using a a play set during an ancient war to bring Berlin audiences closer to the plight of women driven from their homeland by conflict.
The play, staged this...
World
The National Changgeuk Company of Korea Incorporates Pansori in Euripides’ Trojan Women
The latest experimental contemporary changgeuk, or traditional Korean opera that the National Changgeuk Company of Korea has taken on is creating a minimalist and contemporary version of Euripides' play, The Trojan Women.
The way in which the company tells the...
Europe
All-Female Cast of Syrian Refugee Women Perform Anti-War Play by Euripides [video]
A unique adaptation of The Trojan Women (Greek translation: Troades) with a cast of solely Syrian women refugees recounting their stories of loss, flight and exile is coming to the UK with a 3-week summer tour.
Eurepides's original anti-war play,...
Art
Revisiting Greek Tragedy on the Modern Stage
The community "Greeks of Japan," a website created to unite the Greeks and people interested in Greece and live in Japan, is organizing a lecture regarding one of Greece's most important art form: the Greek tragedy.
Following the debate that...
Art
‘God That Comes’ A Greek Tragedy Remake in Torondo
A famous saying attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton states that “Genius does what is must, talent does what it can.” In the case of Hawksley Workman both apply, since he is genius and talented at the same time. He does...
Greece
Satire and Satyr At Epidaurus
National Theatre of Greece is going to perform and come on stage with only satirical drama that will now bring Cyclops by Euripides.
The performance will be staged by Vassilis Papavassiliou, with the leading triumvirate of Dimitris Piatas (Cyclops), Nikos...