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It's Greek to Me

beckyblackpowell wrote 1 day ago: If you’ve not been to Nashville, you may not know about our version of The Parthenon.  A full- … more →

Tags: Arts and Letters, Art, Artist, Creativity, Creative, Etsy, Sculpture, Unique, Motif

Sophocles Psychotherapy

Joe wrote 1 week ago: Even the Ancients understood that we send our young men off to battle at the cost of their mental st … more →

Tags: Politics, War, Psychology, Philosophy

Day 111 comment

David Thorley wrote 2 weeks ago: 5.04: One of the saddest sights I’ve ever seen lives about ten doors down from me. Lord knows what s … more →

Tags: Before light, breakfast, Daily Mail, Novel-Writing, Piano, technical failure

Sphinx1 comment

Linda wrote 2 weeks ago: Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like intensely physical dancing molded from contemporary choreogr … more →

Tags: Ballet, A=b+T, Anthony Tudor, Bag of Ballets, Bohuslav Martinu, greek mythology, Hanya Holm, Hugh Laing, Jean Cocteau

Antigone

nilknarfsoive wrote 3 weeks ago: http://bookstove.com/drama/antigone-and-the-conflict-with-creon/ … more →

Tags: Antigone, Books

Oedipus the King

Chris Adamson wrote 4 weeks ago: It has been a long time since I read this great tragedy by Sophocles, but since my son got assigned … more →

Tags: History, Art, Books, Easton Press, Oedipus

Greek wisdom2 comments

hopelens wrote 1 month ago: Much of our culture, until recent aberrant developments, owes its flavor to ancient Greece. Even muc … more →

Tags: media, Politics, Presidency, Culture, Headlines, Today's news, Hubris, The White House, Greek

Agora (2009) To Open

alexandrabond wrote 1 month ago: I learned of the release of Agora at Kallisti in Spain on October 6th, 2009. I hope it’ll come … more →

Tags: media, Agora, Alexandria, ancient, apollo, Aristarchus, Astrology, Bishop, Christian

The Honesty of the Bible: Is it Evidence of Its Divine Origin?

jacobschriftman wrote 1 month ago: One argument in favor of the Bible’s divine inspiration is its honesty in portraying human failure. … more →

Tags: Bible, 1-2 Kings, apollo, CS Lewis, Calchus, chronicles, Chryses, evidence for Bible, Homer

Jay Leno, non-reader, will make fun of you for not reading

Andrew wrote 2 months ago: OK, last Leno post hopefully for the rest of time but there was no way I could pass this up.  This w … more →

Tags: TV, Books, jay leno, Late Night Talk Show Performances, hamlet, Shakespeare, Oedipus Rex, Book Learnin'

Response to Nagy11 comments

masterlaird wrote 2 months ago: Respond to the following quote by Gregory Nagy: “Theater…was taklen so seriously that we … more →

Tags: Drama, Greek Drama, Reader Response, Gregory Nagy

The Chorus in Greek Drama15 comments

masterlaird wrote 2 months ago: What role does the Chorus play in Oedipus the King? Why should the Chorus be listed as a character? … more →

Tags: Drama, Greek Drama, oedipus the king, Chorus

Teiresias20 comments

masterlaird wrote 2 months ago: What role does Teiresias play in Oedipus the King? What ironies accompany this role? … more →

Tags: Drama, Greek Drama, oedipus the king, Teiresias

Suspense in Oedipus the King11 comments

masterlaird wrote 2 months ago: How does Sophocles build suspense in Oedipus the King? … more →

Tags: Drama, Greek Drama, oedipus the king

Modifying Setting8 comments

masterlaird wrote 2 months ago: In what ways did producers of Greek and Elizabethan dramas create a scene without the use of modern … more →

Tags: Drama, Greek Drama, Shakespeare, Elizabethan Theater, renaissance, Setting, sound, scenery, Dialogue

Antigone at USC - A Wasted Opportunity

anthonybaltierra wrote 2 months ago: If any member of the Trojan family happens to see a 2,415-year-old corpse roaming around the Bing Th … more →

Tags: theatre, usc, Antigone, Bing Theatre

Theatre: Trackers of Oxyrhynchus

neandellus wrote 2 months ago: Student theatre is a consistent delight to me. Of course we all know, or should know, that student t … more →

Tags: Review, SPARK, Helen Slaney, Mudfest, Omniprop Productions, Student Theatre, Tony Harrison, Trackers of Oxyrhyncus, university of melbourne

Oedipus Rex (1957)

azaleafaye wrote 2 months ago: This is the best movie I’ve seen in a while. The costumes. . . The overly dramatic acting. . . … more →

Tags: Movies, Oedipus, oedipus the king, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus movie, oedipus movie 1957, 50s movie, 50s costumes, greek masks

Work in Progress: HI, JUDEE!1 comment

hahadead wrote 2 months ago: Hi, Judee! I came home from working at the lab for plenty of 0’s (and nothing else), distressed abou … more →

Tags: WIProse, Ayn Rand, castro, dating myself, Dostoevsky, Family, lesbians, making proper-noun-adjectives into armenian last names, monogamous fags


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