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4 09, 2017

Plautus – Roman plays – ancient Rome

By |2017-09-04T00:45:19-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Plautus – Roman plays – ancient Rome

Actors in ancient Rome During the Roman Republic, when the Romans first began to go to plays, there weren't any plays written in Latin, only plays in Greek. Plautus (PLAW-tuss or PLOW-tuss) was [...]

6 08, 2017

William Shakespeare – Plays – England

By |2018-06-22T22:56:13-07:00August 6th, 2017|Literature, Modern Europe|Comments Off on William Shakespeare – Plays – England

William Shakespeare Who was William Shakespeare? Little Shakespeare was born in England, in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1564 AD. His family was pretty well off, and he probably went to [...]

11 07, 2017

Phaedra’s suicide – Euripides’ Phaedra

By |2018-06-19T15:58:18-07:00July 11th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Phaedra’s suicide – Euripides’ Phaedra

After Phaedra's suicide, Hippolytus drives his chariot away (On a red-figure vase from Southern Italy, ca. 350 BC) Phaedra - the second half of the play So the clueless chorus [...]

10 07, 2017

Oedipus Rex – Sophocles – Summary and Themes

By |2018-04-23T09:06:11-07:00July 10th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Oedipus Rex – Sophocles – Summary and Themes

Oedipus Rex: The shepherd tells his story to Oedipus, while Jocasta listens in horror (now in the Getty Museum) Sophocles wrote this very famous play in the 400s BC. It [...]

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