pickReached a point in my readings of the Greek tragedies where I'm taking the gods' manipulations personally & getting mad at them? Like, hello. It's a gaggle of Mean Girls up there in Olympus toying with human lives willy-nilly. Turning stepmothers into predators! Young men into misogynist incels! Fathers into murderers! By the time we get to the end, everyone realises they've been played & lives in agony or is dead & the gods are like, "Told you".
batsy Art: "Phaedra and Hippolytus" by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1802) 2y
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CarolynM I'm enjoying your reviews of the Greek tragedies far more than I would enjoy reading them😆 2y
batsy @CarolynM Ha, thank you 😆 2y
vivastory Christopher Logue "adapted" the Iliad into a book called War Music. It's very cinematic & he stresses the pettiness of the Gods. Ditto Simon Armitage's radio play version of the Odyssey. Good stuff. 2y
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The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic 2y
The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epicvivastory War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad 2y
War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliadbatsy @vivastory Thank you @vivastory I've long had War Music and never got around to it. I'm going to have to add Simon Armitage to the list. I also think life isn't complete until I read the Anne Carson versions; don't know if you've read those?Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides 2y
Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripidesvivastory @batsy I have been meaning to read the Carson versions! One of my recent orders (still TBR) is the following by Carson which looks *very* intriguingH of H Playbook 2y
H of H Playbookbatsy @vivastory Thanks again because I haven't heard of this by Carson. It definitely sounds interesting! I've not read the play by Euripides, as well and I'll have to try to order the Carson version. I'm following this for the year; it's going chronologically in terms of when it was written/staged http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-ancient-greek-plays-in.htm... 2y
Centique I love that you labelled them “mean girls” - that is so apt. Here I am giggling at the gods now 😂😂😂 (if you‘re ever in the mood for MG fiction - or need a read aloud for a kid - it‘s quite nice to see Percy Jackson get the better of them occasionally) 2y
vivastory @batsy Thanks for the link. I bookmarked it! Your posts have me itching to revisit the tragedies. They are a highlight of my reading life & I often think about them. It would be interesting to revisit them in chronological order. 2y
batsy @Centique Thanks for the rec, P! I meant to get around to it because a young cousin was really into it at one point so it sounds like a fun series that both kids and adults can enjoy 🙂 2y
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