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Greek Tragedy

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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The Greek Theater

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Tragic and Comic MasksHadrian’s Villa, Mosaic

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Theater of Dionysus, Athens

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Reconstructed Skene, 4th c. BCE

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Reconstructed Skene, 2nd c. BCE

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Reconstructed Skene, 1st c. CE

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Two Eagles Devouring a Hare, c. 420 BCE

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IphigeniaHerbert Schmalz, c. 1900

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The Anger of AchillesJacques-Louis David, 1819

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The Sacrifice of IphigeniaJan Steen, 17th c.

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The Sacrifice of IphigeniaFrançois Perrier, c. 1632

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Clytemnestra Hesitating Before Killing the Sleeping AgamemnonPierre Narcisée Gérin, 1817

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Boston Vase, 460 BCE

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After the Murder (Clytemnestra)John Collier, 1882

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

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Orestes Slaying Aegisthus and ClytemnestraBernardino Mei, 1654

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Orestes Killing Clytemnestra, c. 150 CE

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Boston Vase, 460 BCE

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Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies, c. 380 BCE

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The Remorse of OrestesWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862

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OrestesAlexandre Cabanel, 1846

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

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Orestes at Delphi, c. 330 BCE

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Euphorbos and the Infant Oedipus, c. 450 BCE

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Oedipus Killing His FatherRoman Fresco

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Oedipus and the Sphinx, c. 430 BCE

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Oedipus the WayfarerGustave Moreau, c. 1888

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

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Oedipus Questioning the SphinxJean-Auguste Ingres, 1827

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Oedipus and the SphinxGustave Moreau, 1864

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Oedipus RexPierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895

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

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MedeaFrederick Sandys, 1868

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Jason and MedeaJohn William Waterhouse, 1907

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Presents from Medea to Creusa, c. 390 BCE

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MedeaAimé-Nicolas Morot, 1876

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MedeaVictor Mottez, 19th c.

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Furious MedeaEugène Delacroix, 1862

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Medea Escaping on Her Chariot, c. 400 BCE

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Jason and MedeaCharles André van Loo, 1759

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MedeaAndrea Schiavone, 16th c.