Around 500 BC, well before the Greek tragedians put their work before Athens, Euphronios was running a pottery workshop in the city. Along...

Euripides' Hippolytus  presents a vivid sequence of events that persuade us that a great dynasty can be undone in a single day without ...

Several characters in the Hippolytus, including two goddesses, refer to the gift of three wishes/prayers/curses [ ἀρά]   promised to Theseu...

This exchange occurs at the beginning of Scene 6 of  Hippolytus: Messenger I bring you news that deserves your concern and that of the c...

Forgive this long, pedestrian entry. The choral ode at the end of Hippolytus scene 5 has a lot of work to do. At the very least, it purp...