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 ...

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 ...

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It wasn't an immediate success. Not according to the judges at Athens' annual dramatic festival when "Medea" premiered in 431 B.C. Euripides received the third, or last, prize, losing out to Euphorion ...

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 ...

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If you want to get to know someone, especially if you’re an ancient historian, you should go through their rubbish. At the end of the 19th century, two Oxford academics, Bernard Grenfell and Arthur ...