Euripides – Brewminate

‘Helen’: A Twist on the Trojan War from Euripides

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by MAMcIntosh

His play replaces Helen in Troy with a decoy while the real Helen awaits the end of the Trojan War in Egypt. Introduction Helen is a Greek tragedy by Euripides (c. 484-407 BCE). It is usually thought to have first been performed at the Great Dionysia of 412 BCE and was part of the trilogy[…]

Euripides’ ‘Bacchae’ in Its Historical Context

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

The Peloponnesian war had been dragging on for 25 years, and the military situation was getting progressively worse for the Athenians. Euripides in Macedonia The Bacchae,[1] as we know it, was first produced in Athens under the direction of Euripides’ son, also called Euripides, in perhaps 405 BC,[2] a year or two after his father’s[…]