This Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.

This Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.

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When democracy was new, hubris was a crime.
And Trump would be brought up on charges. In ancient Athens and today's America, hubris is one person's abuse of power and defiance of the rule of law.
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Oedipus goes to New York
In which the doomed king becomes a slick politician
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When We Are All Enemies
Antigone in America
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Athens' Vision of Athena
When the Parthenon was new, it didn't look like this
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You Don't Have to Say You're Sorry
Why would you? You're a Greek god.
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The Dreadful, Astonishing Athenians
And what hubris meant in ancient Athens
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How despair may lead
Job, Oedipus, Lear, and the connection, the search
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This Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.
This Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.
Why do I love Greek tragedy? These mythical stories of war, familial trauma, and isolation illuminate the beauty and darkness of our shared humanity. They tell me something new every time I read them; retelling them here is my passion.
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