HeyJaredThis Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.
If Greek tragedies were merely stories of heroes destroyed by gods or fate, they'd never have stood the test of time. I'll show you how relevant they still are to our shared human experience of loss, anger, love, and error, both in families and cities.
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“Where Can a Man Run?” (opens the original)
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When democracy was new, hubris was a crime. (opens the original)
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Welcome, new subscribers and followers, and thank you for joining me here! Let me know what you think of this one. I’m reposting it because it’s one of my favorites. Brace yourselves: the suitors in Homer’s Odyssey, America’s new best seller, feature largely. Don’t hate me for shamelessly hopping on that Trojan horse.Ah, hubris, probably the best known of all Greek words except kudos (also Greek and not a plural noun, despite the final s). Remember when you were taught the myth of Icarus, probab
Nolan's Odyssey: Boy Story (opens the original)
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