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Aug 16, 20214 min read

The Female Space in Aeschylus' Agamemnon - by Jess Huang

The use of space in the play Agamemnon is inherently gendered, using the outside and inside of the house to show gender conflict.

Apr 5, 20215 min read

Euripides' Medea: Tragic Heroine or Malignant Villain? - by Lucy Moore

Euripides' Medea is a divisive figure - is she a feminist figure and the victim of a tragedy or an evil villain who kills her own children?

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Feb 20, 20211 min read

Odyssey Resource Booklet - Academus x UCL Classical Play

Academus has partnered with the UCL Classical Play to produce a resource booklet all about the Odyssey as classicists and dramatists.

Jan 20, 20215 min read

The Theban Plays of Sophocles - by Mansi Dhokia

The Theban Plays of Sophocles are linked by the setting of Thebes and the house of Oedipus and are perhaps Sophocles' most famous plays.

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Oct 30, 20206 min read

The Eidola of Greek Tragedy

An eidolon can refer to phantoms, ghosts, reflections and apparitons, and their appearance in Greek tragedy illuminates their function.

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Oct 28, 20204 min read

The Costumes of the Maenads

How Euripides’ Bacchae creates an image of the Maenads Maenads, the exclusively female followers of Dionysus, loomed large in the...

Oct 7, 20208 min read

Issues of Gender in Antigone - by Mansi Dhokia

Discover how modern feminist theory effects our reading of Sophocles' Antigone

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