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The Differences Between Roman and Greek Tragedy

by Lydia Serrant, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom There is no doubt that the Romans drew a lot from the Greeks. This included their love of theatre. Roman theatre took a while to take hold, but once it did, it was popularised across the Empire and evolved over the centuries. The Romans adopted many of the

Written on September 29, 2021 at 4:28 pm, by Programmer

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Categories: Culture, Theater

Tags: Greek Theater, Greek Tragedy, mythology, Roman Theater, Seneca

The Tragedy of Trump

By Van Bryan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Dear Reader, Today, we come to bury Caesar, not to praise him… We have witnessed the final act of a tragedy that would be the envy of Sophocles, Aeschylus, or Euripides. As with any good tragedy, it begins with a man of middling character. A man who crossed

Written on January 29, 2021 at 9:39 am, by Van Bryan

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Categories: Culture

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek and Roman tradition, Antigone, Caesar, Greek Tragedy, Tragedy, Trump

Aeschylus Speaks To Me

Written By Walter Borden, M.D., Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Aeschylus speaks to me. Born in Eleusis, a village just north of Athens and the haunting grounds of the goddess Demeter, said to be the goddess of fertility and the harvest. To Aeschylus that was just a myth that masked her true identity—the goddess of grief.

Written on June 12, 2020 at 8:40 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Theater

Tags: Aeschylus, Aeschylus tragedy, Ancient greek tragedy, Athenian Democracy, Greek Tragedy, Oresteia, Persephone, Psychiatry, psychology, The Persians, Tragedy

Antigone: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism

Written by Alex Barrientos, Senior Editor, Classical Wisdom In Sophocles’ Antigone there are several different struggles taking place concerning different aspects of social, ethical, and political thought. The role of the citizen, the role of the leader, the right to rule, piety, disobedience, and other issues are discussed throughout the play. Indebted as we are

Written on June 5, 2020 at 8:39 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Politics

Tags: Ancient greek tragedy, Antigone, Athenian Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy, freedom, Greek Tragedy, liberty, Sophocles, tyranny

Sophocles Antigone: One Woman Against the State

by Anya Leonard “My nature is to join in love, not hate” – ‘Antigone’ in Sophocles Antigone. Maybe it’s no surprise then that this individual found herself on the wrong side of the state. The powers that be probably didn’t appreciate either, that this adversary came from the oppressed class, one of the current underdogs of

Written on May 15, 2017 at 5:27 pm, by anya

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Categories: Oedipus Trilogy

Tags: Ancient Greece, Antigone, Creon, Drama, Greek Tragedy, Oedipus, play, Sophocles

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