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Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. "Euripides," the classicist Bernard Knox has written, 'was born never to live in peace with himself and to prevent the rest of mankind from doing so.' His plays were shockers: he unmasked heroes, revealing them as foolish and savage, and...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For years, theater director Bryan Doerries has led an innovative public health project that produces ancient tragedies for current and returned soldiers, addicts, tornado and hurricane survivors, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society. Drawing on these extraordinary firsthand experiences, Doerries illustrates the redemptive and therapeutic potential of this classical, timeless art.
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory, and then spends most his time in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife finds herself in mortal danger.
11) Ten plays
Author
Series
Bantam classic volume SC78
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Smith and Kraus
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Aeschylean tragedy represents the earliest extant Greek tragedy of the late-6th and 5th centuries B.C.E., as well as being one of the pinnacles of the art form. It is the product of an Athens that in the late 6th century devised and implemented a form of government known as democracy; not of a parliamentary or representative sort, but a direct democracy, one in which the Athenian citizen governed himself, which is what democracy means: rule by the...
14) Kinetta
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Greek
Description
At a Greek seaside resort in the off-season, three complete strangers decide to re-enact the crimes of a local serial killer.
15) Xanadu
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful muse is sent from up above to inspire a struggling artist and help motivate him to open a roller-disco.
Danny, an aging musician who wants to open a nightclub, and Sonny, a young artist, are both searching for inspiration. Kira, a beautiful mythical muse, is brought to earth in order to help both men fulfill their dreams.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story that takes place in 1939 about one man's attempt to save himself and his family when the Nazis occupy Greece and they are sent to the Auschwitz death camp. Each boxing match this middleweight champ fights sends the loser to the gas chamber, and he wonders how he can continue to save himself, his family, and his sanity.
17) Monday
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two Americans living in Athens have a weekend fling one summer and decide to see if their relationship can last.
19) Mamma mia!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
20 year old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancee, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes according to plan. Now, old loves are re-kindled, new loves...
20) Medousa
Publisher
Mondo Macabro
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Greek
Description
Strange, clothed, statues of men are appearing all over Greece. Only Perseus holds the answer to the mystery, and it has something to do with a beautiful, long-haired woman in black who is connected to his past.
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