Tag Archives: Greek Tragedy

Ajax: Clean Out Your Soul

By Ben Potter Aias to the Greeks, Aiax to the Romans, now known to us as the anglicized Ajax, he was ‘the best of all men that ever came to Troy, save only Achilles’. However, Ajax’s status as number two in the Greek pecking order wasn’t always fully appreciated. After Achilles perished when the arrow

Written on May 10, 2022 at 12:21 pm, by Sean Kelly

No Comments

Categories: Heroes

Tags: Achilles' armor, Ajax, Greek Tragedy, Odysseus, Sophocles

War and Greek Tragedy (Part Three: Euripides)

by Andrew Aulner, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Euripides is unique among the three tragedians in that, unlike Aeschylus and Sophocles, there is no historical record that he ever served in the Greek military. Admittedly, Euripides was able to describe actual battle techniques in Phoenician Women and Children of Heracles, despite the lack of a record

Written on April 25, 2022 at 12:12 am, by Sean Kelly

1 Comment

Categories: Culture

Tags: Andromache, Children of Heracles, Euripides, Greek Tragedy, medea, Phoenician Women, Trojan Women, war

War and Greek Tragedy (Part Two: Sophocles)

by Andrew Aulner, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The next of the three great tragedians to be born was Sophocles, who, like Aeschylus before him, served in the Greek military. Sophocles was a general during the war against the island of Samos and later lived through the Peloponnesian War. Both of these events exposed Sophocles to

Written on April 24, 2022 at 2:59 pm, by Sean Kelly

No Comments

Categories: Culture

Tags: Antigone, Greek Tragedy, Oedipus Rex, pericles, Philoctetes, Sophocles, war

War and Greek Tragedy (Part One: Aeschylus)

by Andrew Aulner, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Warfare had a profound impact on life in the ancient world. Greek theater reflected this reality, as well as the experiences of its writers; all three of the surviving Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides) were influenced in some way by war. We’ll be taking a look at

Written on April 22, 2022 at 7:22 pm, by Sean Kelly

No Comments

Categories: Culture

Tags: Aeschylus, Battle of Marathon, Greek Tragedy, Oresteia, Persians, war

Alcestis: The Least Tragic Tragedy

by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom What do you think of when hear the words “Greek tragedy”? I’ll bet that the images that spring to mind tend to be dark and dramatic. Yet not all tragedies fit this preconception. Not all tragedies are quite so…. Tragic. For instance, there were the Satyr plays. In

Written on December 5, 2021 at 6:22 pm, by Sean Kelly

No Comments

Categories: Literature, Unusual Greek Myths

Tags: Alcestis, Euripides, Greek Tragedy, heracles, satyr plays

Euripides’ Helen – an Alternative View of Helen of Troy

by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom She’s probably the single most famous woman from all of Greek mythology. We think we know the tale – the most beautiful woman in the world, and the enormous war that was fought over her. Yet her story is much more complex than many may imagine. Was she

Written on October 14, 2021 at 6:58 pm, by Sean Kelly

1 Comment

Categories: Literature

Tags: Euripides, Gorgias, Greek Tragedy, Helen, Helen of Troy, Menelaus, Stesichorus, Trojan War

« Older Entries