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Aristophanes' 'Acharnians'

Aristophanes' 'Acharnians' was first produced in 425 BC on behalf of Aristophanes, by an associate (Callistratus), winning first place at...

Jul 3, 20223 min read

Aristophanes' 'The Birds' was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia and subsequently won second place. 'The Birds' is considered to be...

Jun 5, 20222 min read

Aristophanes' The Knights satirizes the everyday social and political life of Athens during the crucial time period of the Peloponnesian...

May 1, 20222 min read

Just like Aristophanes' The Frogs, The Wasps was produced at the Lenaia festival, but in 422 BCE. Just as in Aristophanes' earlier plays,...

Apr 3, 20222 min read

Aristophanes' The Frogs has to be my favourite play - regardless as to whether its comedy or tragedy. I first studied this play as part...

Mar 6, 20222 min read

Aristophanes' The Clouds was initially not received well as it came last in the traditional competition when plays were performed in...

Feb 6, 20222 min read

Aristophanes' Lysistrata is a comedic account of a single woman's plan to end the Peloponnesian War by denying all the men any sex, which...

Jan 2, 20222 min read

Seneca's Phaedra is another example of a Roman tragedy written before 54 AD. This play details Phaedra and her destructive lust for...

Dec 5, 20212 min read

Seneca’s Roman tragedy Octavia focuses on three days during the year of 62 AD, where Nero divorced and subsequently exiled his wife...

Nov 7, 20212 min read

Just like Seneca’s Medea and Oedipus, Seneca’s Agamemnon is a ‘fabula crepidata’ – a Roman tragedy with Greek subject. This play depicts...

Oct 3, 20213 min read

Seneca’s Oedipus is a retelling of the story of Oedipus – better known as the retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Just like Seneca’s...

Sep 5, 20212 min read

Seneca’s Medea is classed as a ‘fabula crepidata’, a term that is used to describe a play that is a Roman tragedy that has a Greek...

Aug 1, 20212 min read

Aeschylus’ Oresteia is the only surviving trilogy that exists from antiquity (14). Thereby making it utterly unique, it definitely...

Jul 4, 20212 min read

Aeschylus' Persians of 427 BCE is the only surviving part of a lost trilogy and is the only surviving 'historical' Greek tragedy (xxi)....

Jun 6, 20212 min read

In this post, I will explore the repetitive comparison of female characters to birds and I will discuss how these comparison to birds...