Book One Herodotus begins his Histories with an opening sentence that states his intentions in writing the account: he aims to record the deeds of
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This is an analysis of the writer Herodotus himself and the background and context that led to his account The Histories. I’m going to be
I loved this play! It was certainly one of my favourites of Euripides’. It tells the post-Trojan-War story of three women: Andromache, wife of Hector
Euripides’ Hippolytus Synopsis The goddess Aphrodite, angered by a man called Hippolytus’ chastity and dismissal of her, decides to take action. She makes Hippolytus’ step-mother
Brief synopsis Euripides’ Medea tells the well-known Greek myth of the woman Medea who, upon discovering that her husband Jason of the Argonauts had left
Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of Classical Greek theatre, alongside Sophocles and Aeschylus. He was supposedly born in Salamis in 480
Ancient Greek Art The three periods Ancient Greek art and sculpture is primarily divided into three periods: the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic Periods.
OEDIPUS REX PLOT SUMMARY The play opens with a priest telling King Oedipus about the plague that destroys Thebes. The priest asks for Oedipus’ help
INTRODUCTION Aeschylus, often described as the Father of Tragedy by both his Greek contemporaries and modern scholars, was born in c. 525 BCE in Sicily,
Plot You can read my Book-by-Book summary of the Odyssey using this link. The Odyssey narrates the perilous return journey of Odysseus, a warrior who