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🗓️ 19 April 2022
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The eponymous character dies. And then what? The tragicomic play by Euripides that turns everything on its head, and then some.
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' Alcestis, found in The Greek Plays, introduction and translation by Rachel Kitzinger.
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| 2:14.0 | I have been so, so enjoying just looking at plays lately in general. |
| 2:19.0 | I mean, I always have, but they're becoming more common on the show as I get through all the myths that have large amounts of content. |
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| 2:46.0 | I'm just perpetually blown away by how incredible they are. |
| 2:50.0 | Not just for ancient sources, ancient works of art, but just plays in general. I'm not a big play reader, but Greek tragedies, man, they're becoming some of my favorite things to cover on the show. |
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