The Gorgon's Severed Head looks at three plays of Euripides, one early, one middle and one late in his career. Innovations in genre, in the use of the traditional stories, in the representation of wom
Venerable US classics scholar Luschnig regrets now having called Medea a monster and other bad names for so many decades. Having run into more and more students, especially women, who highly esteemed
Among the best-known Greek tragedies, Electra is also one of the plays students of Greek often read in the original language. It tells the story of how Electra and her brother, Orestes, avenge the mur
Euripides’ Alcestis?perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama--is an ideal text for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions ar
