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  1. OUCH! The Translator of #TheOdyssey Just Slammed #ChristopherNolan’s Movie

    “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script,” wrote #EmilyWilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English.

    By Josh OsmanPublished: Jul 27, 2026 1:20 PM EDT

    Excerpt: "Throughout her piece, the scholar notes that no adaptation should necessarily follow an original exactly. (In fact, she praises some radically reinterpretations of The Odyssey, including #MargaretAtwood's #Penelopiad, #MadelineMiller's #Circe, and other literary classics that riff off the text, including those of #Euripides, #JohnMilton, and #JamesJoyce.)"

    Read more:
    esquire.com/entertainment/movi

    #ClassicsBookClub #Classics #Movies #Homer #AncientGreece #ReadABook

  2. A quotation from Euripides

    JASON: The curse of children’s blood be on you!
       Avenging Justice, blast your being!
    MEDEA: What god will hear your imprecation,
       Oath-breaker, guest-deceiver, liar?
     
    [ἸΆΣΩΝ: ἀλλά σ᾽ Ἐρινὺς ὀλέσειε τέκνων
       φονία τε Δίκη.
    ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: τίς δὲ κλύει σοῦ θεὸς ἢ δαίμων,
       τοῦ ψευδόρκου καὶ ξειναπάτου;]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1389ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85172/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #argument #bickering #curse #deprecation #dishonesty #dishonor #divineanger #divineretribution #divinewrath #dvinepunishment #gods #hospitality #punishment #reputation #unworthiness #vengeance

  3. MEDEA
    von Euripides am Berliner Ensemble in der Inszenierung von #MichaelThalheimer ist ein wahres Monument der Sprache. Wie #ConstanzeBecker das gestaltet, ist berührend, erschütternd, erschreckend und dabei von großer Klarheit. Wieder einmal ein großer, zeitloser Theaterabend am BE.
    Bravo.

    #Theater #Berlin #Schauspiel #BerlinerEnsemble #BE @blnensemble #Euripides

  4. Heute sehe ich mir im Berliner Ensemble
    MEDEA
    von Euripides in der Inszenierung von #MichaelThalheimer an.

    #ConstanzeBecker (als Medea) erhielt dafür 2013 den deutschen Theaterpreis "Der Faust" als beste Schauspielerin. Ich bin sehr gespannt.

    #Theater #Berlin #Schauspiel #BerlinerEnsemble #BE @blnensemble #Euripides

  5. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: I think the unjust man who can speak cleverly
       incurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident
       to cloak injustice in fair speech,
       he dares the utmost villainy.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν
       πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει:
       γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν
       τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81800/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #argument #boldness #coverup #debate #deceit #deception #dishonesty #eloquence #emboldening #evil #evildoer #fasttalker #glibness #injustice #justification #knavery #persuasion #silvertongue #smoothtalker #talkaway #wrongdoer

  6. A quotation from Euripides

    NURSE: Terrible is the temperament of royalty,
       Who are rarely controlled, always imperious;
       It is hard for them to give up their wrath.
       To get used to living like everybody else
       Is better.
     
    [ΤΡΟΦΌΣ: δεινὰ τυράννων λήματα καί πως
       ὀλίγ᾽ ἀρχόμενοι, πολλὰ κρατοῦντες
       χαλεπῶς ὀργὰς μεταβάλλουσιν.
       τὸ γὰρ εἰθίσθαι ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἴσοισιν
       κρεῖσσον.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 119ff (431 BC) [tr. Podlecki (1989)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80529/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #absolutepower #abuseofpower #anger #badmood #badtemper #compromise #equality #power #rage #royalty #selfcontrol #selfrestraint #temper #temperament #tyrant #indignation #grudge #wrath #tantrum

  7. A quotation from Euripides

    HELEN: Men think me wicked, though I did no wrong:
       And for the innocent to bear the load
       Of guilt is worse than wickedness itself.
     
    [ἙΛΈΝΗ: πρῶτον μὲν οὐκ οὖσ᾽ ἄδικος, εἰμὶ δυσκλεής:
       καὶ τοῦτο μεῖζον τῆς ἀληθείας κακόν,
       ὅστις τὰ μὴ προσόντα κέκτηται κακά.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 270ff (412 BC) [tr. Sheppard (1925)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/78601/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #helenoftroy #accusation #blame #dishonor #guilt #injustice #innocence #punishment #reputation #shame

  8. A quotation from Euripides

    MENELAUS:        But so it has to be.
       For the saying is not mine, but it was wisely said,
       that nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
     
    [ΜΕΝΕΛΈΩΣ:        ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχει.
       λόγος γάρ ἐστιν οὐκ ἐμός, σοφὸν δ᾽ ἔπος,
       δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχύειν πλέον.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 512ff (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78063/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #helen #compulsion #constraint #fate #necessity #needful #requirement