To understand the present, look to the past. The ancient Greeks saw war in all of its dehumanizing ferocity. In 416 BCE, Euripides wrote Herakles to parallel civil wars in Greece, contrasting the ...

Can someone who is immortal be a tragic hero? Is he able to experience tragedy at all? Greek tragedy, as Anne Carson insinuates in the introduction to her translation of Euripides’ Herakles, is all ...

According to director Peter Sellars, the first performance of Euripides' "The Children of Herakles" in Athens in 430 B.C. "served as a town meeting about refugee issues." In light of the world's ...

Aquila Theatre has announced the New York Premiere of its production of Euripides' HERAKLES, translated and adapted by Peter Meineck and directed by Desiree Sanchez. Previously seen at The White House ...

4 Photos: First Look at Chris Weikel's PRIDE HOUSE at The Flea Theater As part of Aquila Theatre's National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Special Award 3 year public program, Ancient Greeks / ...

“GRIEF Lessons,” the Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson’s new rendering of four plays by Euripides, reminds us that the difference between competent and inspired translation is more than a ...