Greek Tragedy XVII: Euripides’s Aclestis, or The Good Wife

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Tragedy, The Greeks

Meet Euripides, the cheeriest of the Greek tragedians.

Discussion Prompts
  1. What does Alcestis tell us about the expectations for women, particularly wives, in Ancient Greece?
  2. Who would you cast as Death?  Why?
  3. Who would you cast as Heracles? Why?
  4. Is Admetus as nice of a person as Apollo and Heracles seem to think?
  5. Who benefits from Alcestis’s return to life?
  6. What do you think Alcestis will have to say in three days when she’s allowed to speak again?
  7. What does this play tell us about the relationship between guests and hosts?
  8. If you were directing this play today, where and/or when would you set it? Why?

Published by Triumvir Clio

I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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