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What Greek tragedy could teach us about the decline of our democracy
My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and ...
Vanni Cappelli: What America can learn from Greek tragedy
You know, Vanni,” one the most distinguished classicists of his time told me decades ago, “with the ever-decreasing number of ...
'We are doing gallons of blood': The ultra-violent Shakespeare play that makes audiences faint
Titus Andronicus is the Bard's most violent work, and a new production is set to be one of the most extreme takes on it yet.
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Finding Your Soulmate, the Ancient Greek Way
How did people in Ancient Greece view love? What did the greatest thinkers of antiquity say about the eternal quest of ...
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Ananias and Sapphira: retelling an ancient comedy
They would have known well the unwritten laws around oath giving, and seen the death of Ananias and Sapphira in the context of ancient comedy, with them both sealing ... They lived on the Greek island ...
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Cool as a Psykter: The Ancient Greek Art of Chilling Wine
In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings, using specially designed cooling pots called psykter.
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Journalist explores 'A Greek Tragedy' of a 2015 shipwreck
On Oct. 28, 2015, an overloaded boat filled with refugees broke up and capsized off the coast of Lesvos, a Greek island.
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‘A Greek Tragedy’ reveals the painful story of the human crisis of migration
It was Oct. 28, 2015, can Carstensen was on the Greek island of Lesvos, reporting on the ongoing refugee crisis. Thousands of ...
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Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...