Phaedra has just walked off, committed to her own death. The remarkable choral ode that begins with line 732 is at the center of Euripides...

Bull Leaper, Knossos, 1600-1450 BC The (Hellenic) National Archive of Monuments has digitized selected pieces from its priceless...

Theseus captures the Bull of Marathon As Hippolytus unfolds his "argument" regarding women ( Hipp. 616-668 ) -- how if he w...

Immediately following Hippolytus's high-strung tirade about women comes this speech: τάλανες   ὦ   κακο τυχεῖς γυναικῶν   πότμοι ....

Arline sends a link to this remarkable Veronese, rich in Renaissance iconography that is its own meditation on Venus and Mars. A variety of...

This speech is sung after Hippolytus finishes his depiction of women , and balances an earlier speech sung by the chorus ( Hippolytus 362-...