That necklace gets around…
Discussion Prompts
- Alcmaeon punishes his mother before he returns later to murder her. What do you think that first punishment is?
- Retell this story from Arsinoe’s perspective.
- Retell this story as though you are Euripides.
- Retell this story as though you are Callirrhoe.
- Retell this story as though you are Wagner.
- Why do you think this story might still speak to us today? What modern events does it make you think of?