Greek Tragedy XXVIII: Euripides’s Ion, or Is that Another Happy Ending?

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Tragedy, The Greeks

To keep us on our toes, today we have another tragedy from Euripides that isn’t completely tragic.

As promised – Ionic columns (Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay)
Discussion Prompts
  1. Ion is about 20 years old. If you were directing this today, how old would you make Creusa? Why?
  2. What does this play have to say about religion, fate, the power of the gods, free will, etc.?
  3. Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian? Which is your favorite order of columns? Why?
  4. Who would you want to play? Why?
  5. Why do you think Apollo is treated so negatively in comparison to the other religious figures in this play?
  6. And, of course, my usual questions about directing? Setting? Interpretation? Casting? Why?

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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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