Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but ...
Continue Reading →Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but ...
Continue Reading →Euclid’s Elements is by far the most famous mathematical work of classical antiquity, and also has the distinction of being the world’s oldest continuously used ...
Continue Reading →“Thesmophoriazusae” (literally meaning “The Women Celebrating the Festival of the Thesmophoria”, sometimes also called “The Poet and the Women”), is a comedy by the ancient ...
Continue Reading →Frogs, Greek Batrachoi, a literary comedy by Aristophanes, produced in 405 bce. The play tells the story of Dionysus, the god of drama, who is ...
Continue Reading →The Clouds (Ancient Greek: ΝεφÎλαι Nephelai) is a Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes. A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it ...
Continue Reading →The fifty daughters of Danaus, collectively known as the Danaides (who make up the Chorus of the play), are fleeing with their father in an ...
Continue Reading →Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. The ...
Continue Reading →“Seven Against Thebes” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, dating from 467 BCE. It is the classic statement of the myth (also ...
Continue Reading →Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy written by Aeschylus between 479 BC and 430 BC. The tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, ...
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