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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Beware the Wrath of the Furies, Screaming for Blood, Euripides’ Orestes (Part 1)

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.85.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This play takes place after the end of the Trojan War and after the death of Agamemnon. While there's a recap in the episode, you can listen to the full story in this Spotify playlist. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Euripides' Orestes, translations by Anne Carson (main reference and short quotes throughout); EP Coleridge (long quotes and intro quote); Euripides by Isabelle Torrance. Re: that misspoken line by Hegelochus, Wikipedia's description and the scholia itself.

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