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The Ancient Heist You Never Knew You Needed, Euripides’ Helen (Part 4)
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In this very Euripidean finale, Helen and Menelaus execute their escape from Egypt, and Theoclymenus is visited by unexpectedly divine guests...
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: The Greek Plays, edited by Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm: Eurpides; Helen, translated by Emily Wilson. Thanks to Ash Strain for researching the play, as always!
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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The Ancient Heist You Never Knew You Needed, Euripides’ Helen (Part 4)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Manage episode 337944637 series 2021319
In this very Euripidean finale, Helen and Menelaus execute their escape from Egypt, and Theoclymenus is visited by unexpectedly divine guests...
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: The Greek Plays, edited by Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm: Eurpides; Helen, translated by Emily Wilson. Thanks to Ash Strain for researching the play, as always!
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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