Euripides

18 07, 2017

Who was Anaxagoras? Greek scientist

By |2019-01-26T12:15:15-08:00July 18th, 2017|Greeks, Science|Comments Off on Who was Anaxagoras? Greek scientist

Anaxagoras came from Clazomenae: A map showing Clazomenae Where was Anaxagoras from? Like Thales before him, Anaxagoras was born in what's now Turkey. Anaxagoras was born around 500 BC in a city called Clazomenae, [...]

15 07, 2017

Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

By |2019-09-24T05:02:20-07:00July 15th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

Iphigeneia brought to the sacrifice (Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Menelaus, Agamemnon, and their oath When Helen ran off with Paris, her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was very upset. He went to visit his [...]

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 [...]

11 06, 2017

Reading a Greek play – Ancient Greece project

By |2019-11-09T08:11:04-08:00June 11th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Reading a Greek play – Ancient Greece project

Greek theater at Epidauros - Reading a Greek play How did Greek plays get started? One great activity to understand ancient Greece better is to stage a scene from a [...]

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