The Wall Street Journal remembered, pensively, that a mythological Electra, who dallied with the gods, was dashed to earth by Athena. “Everything she tried turned to tragedy and mourning became ...

Hala Matar’s first full-length film, “Electra,” is doing well on the film festival circuit and has been called the love child ...

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph.D. (Greek) (Aesch. Ag.) Aeschylus. Agamemnon. ed. Robert Browning. (English) Aeschylus. Agamemnon. ed. Herbert Weir ...

It’s no small news then that Fish is reuniting with one of his Oklahoma! stars for another major revival. Patrick Vaill, who ...

The Oedipus Complex is named after the character from a Greek tragedy who killed his father ... and then getting beyond these Oedipus or Electra complexes. Edvard Westermarck saw it differently.

How were women represented in Greek tragedy? This question lies at the heart of much modern scholarship on ancient drama, yet it has typically been approached using evidence drawn only from the thirty ...

The dark side of college fraternity life comes to light in this harrowing, well-acted campus drama. By Calum Marsh When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site ...

This is the most important fundraising moment of the year for the Reader. As a nonprofit, we count on donors like you to cover about half of our expenses. The average donation is $45. Many new ...

This course examines ancient Greek tragedy in translation. It looks at the transformation of myth into tragedy in the fifth century BCE and reflects on why these classical dramas remain popular today.

No, not Daredevil’s highly trained assassin adversary / love interest, but the central character from Sophocles’ Greek ...