Greek tragedy has never been the story of good triumphing over evil, much less the narrative of tidy victories and happy endings. In the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the forces of ...

My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Thalian-Blackfriars bring traditional Greek theatre back to the Classic City ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Jeanne Carstensen about her new book, "Greek Tragedy," about the wreck of a ship filled with refugees off the Greek coast in 2015. Almost 10 years ago, a ...

Judicial appointments have been used to foster a slow-growing sense of instability within our country. Strategic appointments were the first step. Journalism followed, becoming a vehicle for rumors ...

The characters of Greek tragedy have often been reimagined into various modern contexts, but few are as visually or thematically striking as that of the Barnard theater department’s production of ...

In one of the most significant discoveries related to Ancient Greek literature over the past half century, archaeologists have uncovered around 100 lines from two otherwise lost plays by the ...

It’s not just the quality of wins of late that should have Oregon baseball fans optimistic about their Ducks’ early-season surge. The quantity... Oregon softball’s pitchers may have returned to the ...

I’d been looking forward to Nearly Naked Theatre’s production of Metamorphoses ever since they announced it as part of their lineup two seasons ago. Back then, the folks at Nearly Naked wisely ...