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Book I (Clio) "Herodotus of Halicarnassus here presents his research so that human events do not fade with time.  May the grea...

The Eumenides by Aeschylus "I give first place of honor in my prayer to her who of the gods first prophesied...

The Return of Orestes (1785) Anton von Maron source Wikimedia Commons The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus "Hermes...

The Sacrifice of Ipheginia by Agamemnon (1671)  Jan Steen source Agamemnon by Aeschylus "Dear gods, set me fr...

Book VII Medea and Jason  /  Medea and Aeson  /  Medea and Pelias  /  The Flight of Medea  /  Theseus and Aegus  /  Minos   /   Ceph...

"The War shall be women's business ......." Staged during the Peloponnesian War and a mere two years after the disastrous ...