In this episode, we discuss the life, innovations, and works of the third great Athenian playwright, Euripides; and we discuss the historicity and some of the major themes of his earliest surviving plays--Cyclops, Rhesus, Alcestis, Medea, and Hippolytus
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/08/052-early-euripides.html
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111 The Spartan Hegemony
110 Xenophon and "The Ten Thousand"
109 Sokrates
108 The Thirty Tyrants
107 Sparta Triumphant
106 Frustrations and Poor Decisions (Part II)
***Special Guest Episode on Classics and White Supremacy w/Curtis Dozier***
***Special Guest Episode on Race, Antiquity, and Its Legacy w/Denise McCoskey***
105 Carthage Enters the War
104 The Democratic Empire Strikes Back
***Special Guest Episode on Greek Naval Warfare w/Marc DeSantis***
103 An Oligarchic Coup
102 Livin' on a (Persian) Prayer
***Special Guest Episode on 'Ovid and the Art of Love' w/Esme von Hoffman***
***Special Guest Episode on Greek Land Warfare w/Owen Rees***
101 Disaster in Sicily
100 A Sicilian Stalemate
099 Frustrations and Poor Decisions
098 The Peace Unravels
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