greek tragedy
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This is an introduction to Greek tragedy, including Aeschylus's Oresteia, Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, and Euripides's Medea.TRANSCRIPT
Greek Tragedy
The Greek Theater
Tragic and Comic MasksHadrian’s Villa, Mosaic
Theater of Dionysus, Athens
Reconstructed Skene, 4th c. BCE
Reconstructed Skene, 2nd c. BCE
Reconstructed Skene, 1st c. CE
Two Eagles Devouring a Hare, c. 420 BCE
IphigeniaHerbert Schmalz, c. 1900
The Anger of AchillesJacques-Louis David, 1819
The Sacrifice of IphigeniaJan Steen, 17th c.
The Sacrifice of IphigeniaFrançois Perrier, c. 1632
Clytemnestra Hesitating Before Killing the Sleeping AgamemnonPierre Narcisée Gérin, 1817
Boston Vase, 460 BCE
After the Murder (Clytemnestra)John Collier, 1882
Orestes, Electra, and Hermes at Agamemnon’s Tomb, c. 380 BCE
Orestes Slaying Aegisthus and ClytemnestraBernardino Mei, 1654
Orestes Killing Clytemnestra, c. 150 CE
Boston Vase, 460 BCE
Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies, c. 380 BCE
The Remorse of OrestesWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862
OrestesAlexandre Cabanel, 1846
Apollo Purifying Orestes of His Blood Guilt, c. 380 BCE
Orestes at Delphi, c. 330 BCE
Euphorbos and the Infant Oedipus, c. 450 BCE
Oedipus Killing His FatherRoman Fresco
Oedipus and the Sphinx, c. 430 BCE
Oedipus the WayfarerGustave Moreau, c. 1888
Oedipus, the Sphinx, and Hermes, c. 440 BCE
Oedipus Questioning the SphinxJean-Auguste Ingres, 1827
Oedipus and the SphinxGustave Moreau, 1864
Oedipus RexPierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895
Oedipus and Antigone (The Plague of Thebes)Charles-François Jalabert, 19th c.
MedeaFrederick Sandys, 1868
Jason and MedeaJohn William Waterhouse, 1907
Presents from Medea to Creusa, c. 390 BCE
MedeaAimé-Nicolas Morot, 1876
MedeaVictor Mottez, 19th c.
Furious MedeaEugène Delacroix, 1862
Medea Escaping on Her Chariot, c. 400 BCE
Jason and MedeaCharles André van Loo, 1759
MedeaAndrea Schiavone, 16th c.