Sophocles
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This is one of those things that might raise an eyebrow. Here’s the summary in PhysOrg: The open air plays of the ancient Greeks may offer us a valuable insight into the Mediterranean climate of the time, reports new research in Weather. Using historical observations from artwork and plays, scientists identified ‘halcyon days’, of theatre…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Bill Jennings on twitter for pointing us to this very engaging item by Daniel Mendelsohn in the New Yorker … I was wondering if other Classicists were thinking about Antigone over the past week or so (I know I was … I was also picturing faceless New Englanders running around…
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Both of the production at Stratford (Ontario), which I somehow couldn’t work into my schedule this summer: Sophocles’ Elektra (Ruth Scodel) Sophocles’ Elektra (Dana E. Aspinall)
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So my kid has a test in Oedipus Rex tomorrow and they haven’t watched a movie version yet (ran out of time), so naturally I go looking for one and came up with this gem from 1968 … Christopher Plummer as Oedipus! Orson Welles as Teiresias! Donald Sutherland is in the chorus!!! The picture quality…
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