053 - Euripides at War

In this episode, we discuss the plays of Euripides that he produced against the backdrop of the Peloponnesian War (Children of Herakles, Andromache, Hecuba, Suppliants, Electra, Madness of Herakles, Trojan Women, Iphigenia in Tauris, Ion, Helen, Phoenician Women, Orestes, and Iphigenia at Aulis, excluding the Bacchae)

Primary Sources:
Text/Euripides' Heracleidae
Text/Euripides' Andromache
Text/Euripides' Hecuba
Text/Euripides' The Suppliants
Text/Euripides' Electra
Text/Euripides' Madness of Herakles
Text/Euripides' The Trojan Women
Text/Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris
Text/Euripides' Ion
Text/Euripides' Helen
Text/Euripides' The Phoenician Women
Text/Euripides' Orestes
Text/Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis


Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Video/Armchair Classics: Hecuba (Overly Sarcastic Productions)

Video/Euripides' Helen (Millenial Classicist)



Video/Classics Summarized: Iphigenia (Overly Sarcastic Productions)


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