Listening to or reading a Greek tragedy is not an easy exercise. When the chorus appears, often people pass the text, if they are reading, and start daydreaming if they are part of an audience. It was like that for me for a long period, then I discovered the beauty of the text. I began to find interest in the place given to the chorus in a drama. We know… Read more
We were excited to welcome Rebecca Futo Kennedy for an Open House entitled “The Hippolytus of Euripides.” The event took place on Friday, May 14 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. To get ready for the event you might like to read Euripides, Hippolytus You can watch the event on our YouTube channel or in the frame below. For further videos please visit the Watch page. Rebecca Futo Kennedy… Read more
If I believed it possible, friends who are attending this burial, to set forth in speech the valor of the men who lie here, I should have reproved those who gave me but a few days’ notice of having to speak over them. But as all mankind would find all time insufficient for preparing a speech to match their deeds, the city itself therefore, as I think, taking forethought for… Read more
In this latest post featuring Core Vocabulary from The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours[1] (H24H) and the associated Sourcebook[2] and our other primary texts, there are two related terms: paskhein [πάσχειν] ‘suffer, experience, be treated [badly or well]’; and pathos [πάθος] ‘suffering, experience’. When it comes to tragedy, the concept is central: In tragedy, the focus of attention was on the heroes, played by the actors. The hero, and… Read more
We were excited to welcome Vinciane Pirenne for an Open House entitled “Themis, thesmos, and nomos: are there “divine laws” in ancient Greece?” The event took place on Friday, April 30 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. In connection with this discussion, you might like to read: Hesiod, Theogony, 392–396, 901–906 Solon, Solon fragments Aeschylus, Eumenides, 169–172, 389–396, 483–484, 570–579, 614–615, 681–693, 778–779. Xenophon Cyropedia 1.6.6 You can watch… Read more