This Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.
Elizabeth BobrickIf Greek tragedies were merely stories of heroes destroyed by gods or fate, they'd never have stood the test of time. I'll show you how relevant they still are to our shared human experience of loss, anger, love, and error, both in families and cities.
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The Trauma of Betrayal
Ajax carries the body of Achilles to safety before the Trojans can strip him of his divinely-fashioned armor. I’m struck by the limp, trailing feet of the dead warrior, whose epithet in Homer’s Iliad is ‘swift footed Achilles.’
To read Par...
Oedipus, Odysseus and the Baltimore Orioles
Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash. The Toronto Blue Jays Stadium reminds me of an ancient Greek amphitheater, so it illustrates this post nicely. (Someone will have to explain to me why a Canadian team plays in American major league baseball.)...
A Soldier's Play
Ajax carries the body of Achilles off the field of battle. Note the hero’s strong, upright stance in contrast to the limp, dangling feet and hair of his dead comrade.
Please note that this post focuses on mental illness and suicide, both i...
Artemis and Me
Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash
One of my kind readers suggested that I write about Artemis, the fierce virgin goddess who lent her name to the moon launch. I’ll do that eventually, when I introduce Euripides’ Hippolytus. The bastard...
Antigone [Still] Fights the Power
Aristotle said that Oedipus the King was the most perfectly constructed play of all tragedy, but for me Antigone is equally powerful. It has everything that keeps a tragedy from becoming arthritic with age: the big emotions of grief, love,...
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Long-time professor obsessed with Greek tragedy, I write about the ancient stories that are startlingly personal, political, and relevant to our time. I teach mythology by singing 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town.' More at elizabethbobrick.com.
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