Greek Tragedy XXIX: Euripides’s Helen, or Dr Livingston, I Presume?

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Tragedy, The Greeks

Helen is alive and well and living and Egypt when everyone thought she was in Troy. Surprise!

Discussion Prompts
  1. Euripides was from Athens; Menelaos is from Sparta. What does this play have to say about how Athenians feel about Spartans? Why?
  2. What does this play have to say about war? Explain.
  3. Which Helen do you prefer? The Homeric one or this one?
  4. Who is in your dream cast for this show?

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.

Leave a comment

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started