Greek Tragedy XXV: Euripides’s Heracles, or Not to Be Confused with Disney’s Hercules

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Tragedy, The Greeks

In Disney’s Hercules, we see how Meg and Herc meet and fall in love. In Euripides’s Herakles, we see how Megara and Herakles… well… Let’s just say that the ending isn’t pretty…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqDaoMtIujs
Yeah, Meg. You probably shouldn’t have said you’re in love…
Discussion Prompts
  1. What does this play have to say about the role of the gods in the lives of mere mortals?
  2. This play consists of two (or maybe even three) disparate sections. How do you link them together into a unified whole?
  3. If you were directing, where and when would you set it? Who would you cast? Why?
  4. If you were directing, would you have Amphitryon exit at the end of the play? Why or why not?
  5. What do you like about this story? Hate? 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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