Getting to Know An Ancient Greek Theatre Kid, Euripides’ Life & Times
Episode S8 · Ep 641 49 min 44s

Getting to Know An Ancient Greek Theatre Kid, Euripides’ Life & Times

Continuing with the life of Euripides we look closer at 5th Century Athens and how the events happening around Euripides likely influenced his writing and the stories he wanted to tell.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Brill's Companion to Euripides "Life of Euripides", William Blake Tyrell; Euripides' Ion, translated by Robert Potter; Isabelle Torrance's Euripides.

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