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The House of Atreus: The Curse That Became Greek Tragedy
No family in Greek myth is as thoroughly damned as the house of Atreus, and no curse in the literature does as much work. It begins with a man who tried…
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Greek Tragedy: The Other Pillar of the Greek Imagination
If Homer is one pillar of the Greek imagination, tragedy is the other. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and why they’re the natural next step after the Odyssey.