Greek Tragedy

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This is an introduction to Greek tragedy, including Aeschylus's Oresteia, Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, and Euripides's Medea.

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Greek Tragedy

The Greek Theater

Tragic and Comic MasksHadrian’s Villa, Mosaic

Theater of Dionysus, Athens

Reconstructed Skene, 4th c. BCE

Reconstructed Skene, 2nd c. BCE

Reconstructed Skene, 1st c. CE

Two Eagles Devouring a Hare, c. 420 BCE

IphigeniaHerbert Schmalz, c. 1900

The Anger of AchillesJacques-Louis David, 1819

The Sacrifice of IphigeniaJan Steen, 17th c.

The Sacrifice of IphigeniaFrançois Perrier, c. 1632

Clytemnestra Hesitating Before Killing the Sleeping AgamemnonPierre Narcisée Gérin, 1817

Boston Vase, 460 BCE

After the Murder (Clytemnestra)John Collier, 1882

Orestes, Electra, and Hermes at Agamemnon’s Tomb, c. 380 BCE

Orestes Slaying Aegisthus and ClytemnestraBernardino Mei, 1654

Orestes Killing Clytemnestra, c. 150 CE

Boston Vase, 460 BCE

Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies, c. 380 BCE

The Remorse of OrestesWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862

OrestesAlexandre Cabanel, 1846

Apollo Purifying Orestes of His Blood Guilt, c. 380 BCE

Orestes at Delphi, c. 330 BCE

Euphorbos and the Infant Oedipus, c. 450 BCE

Oedipus Killing His FatherRoman Fresco

Oedipus and the Sphinx, c. 430 BCE

Oedipus the WayfarerGustave Moreau, c. 1888

Oedipus, the Sphinx, and Hermes, c. 440 BCE

Oedipus Questioning the SphinxJean-Auguste Ingres, 1827

Oedipus and the SphinxGustave Moreau, 1864

Oedipus RexPierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895

Oedipus and Antigone (The Plague of Thebes)Charles-François Jalabert, 19th c.

MedeaFrederick Sandys, 1868

Jason and MedeaJohn William Waterhouse, 1907

Presents from Medea to Creusa, c. 390 BCE

MedeaAimé-Nicolas Morot, 1876

MedeaVictor Mottez, 19th c.

Furious MedeaEugène Delacroix, 1862

Medea Escaping on Her Chariot, c. 400 BCE

Jason and MedeaCharles André van Loo, 1759

MedeaAndrea Schiavone, 16th c.