Euripides

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Connections for Further Study: Hippolytus, telos, and Bridal Songs

Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s latest commentary about God-Hero Antagonism in the in the Hippolytus of Euripides on the Classical Inquiries website. Below are some resources for additional study inspired by that post. Original texts Hippolytus of Euripides in Greek on Perseus Phaedra of Seneca in Latin on Perseus Word Study Results of search for Διὸς θυγάτηρ on Perseus Results of search for telos on Perseus Two other works by Euripides on CHS website… Read more

Topic for Discussion

In Focus: Euripides Hippolytus 198–202, 208–211, 215–238

|198 {Phaedra:} Lift my body, keep my head up. |199 The fastenings [sun-desma] of my dear [phila] limbs [melea] have come apart [le-lū-tai]. |200 Hold on to my shapely arms, attendants.  |201 My hair all done up on top of my head is a heavy load to bear. |202 Take out my hair pinnings, let the curls of my hair cascade over my shoulders. … |208 I only wish I… Read more

Topic for Discussion

Herakles’ Ambivalence in Euripidean Tragedy: the Age of the Heroes, the Age of Humanity

~ A bilingual English-Portuguese guest post by Renan Falcheti Peixoto ~ Chorus antistrophe “If the gods were wise and understood men                                                  655 they would bring a second youth, as a visible mark on those who display excellence [aretē], and dying, would come                                              660 back to the light of the sun again to run a… Read more

Book Club

Book Club | April 2014: Euripides Herakles

The Hour 25 Book Club’s selection for April is Herakles by Euripides. The drama is part of our Text Library, and it is available under the “Texts” page as a PDF or epub. Join us for the following events: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Google+ Hangout at 1:00 p.m EDT Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Live Chat/ Project Chatroom at 2:00 p.m EDT If you plan to attend the Google+ Hangout, please… Read more