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✨Pentheus being torn apart by maenads✨

Euripides ‘The Bacchae’ tells the unfortunate tale of Pentheus, the king of Thebes, who banned the worship of Dionysius. This provoked the wrath of the god and led to the women of Thebes breaking out into a Bachhic frenzy. Pentheus was ripped limb from limb. His death was viewed as a sparagmos, where tearing an animal (or human) apart was viewed as a special type of sacrifice. This fresco from the triclinium in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii, seems to run counter to today’s notions of good taste…

#FrescoFriday #AncientGreece #AncientRome #Euripides

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A quotation from Euripides

ÆGEUS: All happiness to you Medea! Between old friends
There is no better greeting.

[ΑἸΓΕΎΣ: Μήδεια, χαῖρε: τοῦδε γὰρ προοίμιον
κάλλιον οὐδεὶς οἶδε προσφωνεῖν φίλους.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 663ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82778/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #blessings #friendship #greetings #hail #hello #benediction

Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 663ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

ÆGEUS: All happiness to you Medea! Between old friends There is no better greeting. [ΑἸΓΕΎΣ: Μήδεια, χαῖρε: τοῦδε γὰρ προοίμιον κάλλιον οὐδεὶς οἶδε προσφωνεῖν φίλους.] (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Medea, hail! for no man can devise Terms more auspicious to accost his friends. [tr. Wodhull (1782)] Medea, hail! When we…

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RaiNews: Cinquanta anni fa ci lasciava Luchino Visconti, l'omaggio della Scala

Tra le opere teatrali che diresse: “A porte chiuse” (1945) di Jean-Paul Sartre e “Medea” (1953) di Euripide. Al cinema portò sul grande schermo capolavori come "Il Gattopardo", "Ossessione" e "Morte a Venezia"

Fifty years ago, Luchino Visconti, the Scala’s tribute, left us.

Among the theatrical works he directed: “A Door Closed” (1945) by Jean-Paul Sartre and “Medea” (1953) by Euripides. He brought masterpieces to the big screen such as “The Leopard,” “Obsession,” and “Death in Venice.”

#LuchinoVisconti #Scala #ADoorClosed #Jean-PaulSartre #Euripides #TheLeopard #Obsession #Death #Venice

https://www.rainews.it/video/2026/03/cinquanta-anni-fa-ci-lasciava-luchino-visconti-lomaggio-della-scala-31809fa5-af93-4545-9555-b23995f9cedd.html

Cinquanta anni fa ci lasciava Luchino Visconti, l'omaggio della Scala

Tra le opere teatrali che diresse: “A porte chiuse” (1945) di Jean-Paul Sartre e “Medea” (1953) di Euripide. Al cinema portò sul grande schermo capolavori come "Il Gattopardo", "Ossessione" e "Morte a Venezia"

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: I hope the man who does not honour his friends, the man who does not open an honest heart to them, I hope that man dies a horrible, a miserable death. Such a man will certainly never be a friend of mine!

[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἀχάριστος ὄλοιθ᾽ ὅτῳ πάρεστιν
   μὴ φίλους τιμᾶν καθαρᾶν ἀνοί-
   ξαντα κλῇδα φρενῶν: ἐμοὶ
   μὲν φίλος οὔποτ᾽ ἔσται.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 659ff, Antistrophe 2 (431 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82775/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #curse #family #friends #friendship #imprecation #malediction #rejection #unfaithfulness

Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 659ff, Antistrophe 2 (431 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2004)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: I hope the man who does not honour his friends, the man who does not open an honest heart to them, I hope that man dies a horrible, a miserable death. Such a man will certainly never be a friend of mine! [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἀχάριστος ὄλοιθ᾽ ὅτῳ πάρεστιν μὴ φίλους…

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: May I know the blessing of a heart that is not passion’s slave; no fairer gift can the gods bestow. But may the dread Cyprian never inflict upon me quarrelsome moods and insatiable strife, firing my heart with love for a stranger; may she rather show respect for marriages where peace reigns and judge with a shrewd eye the loves of women.

ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: στέργοι δέ με σωφροσύνα, δώρημα κάλλιστον θεῶν:
μηδέ ποτ᾽ ἀμφιλόγους ὀργὰς ἀκόρεστά τε νείκη
θυμὸν ἐκπλήξασ᾽ ἑτέροις ἐπὶ λέκτροις
προσβάλοι δεινὰ Κύπρις, ἀπτολέμους δ᾽
εὐνὰς σεβίζουσ᾽ ὀξύφρων
κρίνοι λέχη γυναικῶν.

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 636ff, Second Stasimon, Antistrophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Davie (1996)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82632/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #adultery #calm #faithfulness #marriage #moderation #passion #restraint #temperance

Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 636ff, Second Stasimon, Antistrophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Davie (1996)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: May I know the blessing of a heart that is not passion’s slave; no fairer gift can the gods bestow. But may the dread Cyprian never inflict upon me quarrelsome moods and insatiable strife, firing my heart with love for a stranger; may she rather show respect for marriages…

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Magda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚Mar 6

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

Magda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚Mar 6

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

WIST Quotations Mar 4

A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: Never, oh goddess, let fly at me an inescapable arrow
from your golden bow, after you drench it in desire.

[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: μήποτ᾽, ὦ δέσποιν᾽, ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ χρυσέων
τόξων ἀφείης ἱμέρῳ
χρίσασ᾽ ἄφυκτον οἰστόν.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 633ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Luschnig (2007)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82505/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #desire #longing #love #lust #passion #prayer

Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 633ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Luschnig (2007)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: Never, oh goddess, let fly at me an inescapable arrow from your golden bow, after you drench it in desire. [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: μήποτ᾽, ὦ δέσποιν᾽, ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ χρυσέων τόξων ἀφείης ἱμέρῳ χρίσασ᾽ ἄφυκτον οἰστόν.] Addressing Aphrodite/Venus. (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Thy wrath, O Venus, still forbear, Nor at my tender…

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harriehq Mar 3

Girls will be girls, natch. You dig?

Medea

Corrado #Giaquinto (1703–1766)
National Trust, Hinton Ampner

#classic-painting #euripides #greek-mythology #fierce-women #Giaquinto

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: Visitations of love that come
   Raging and violent on a man
   Bring him neither good repute nor goodness.
   But if Aphrodite descends in gentleness
   No other goddess brings such delight.

[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν
   οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν: εἰ δ᾽ ἅλις ἔλθοι
   Κύπρις, οὐκ ἄλλα θεὸς εὔχαρις οὕτως.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 627ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82200/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #Aphrodite #delight #desire #gentleness #grace #graciousness #love #lovesickness #lust #obsession #passion #Venus

Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 627ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: Visitations of love that come Raging and violent on a man Bring him neither good repute nor goodness. But if Aphrodite descends in gentleness No other goddess brings such delight. [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν: εἰ δ᾽ ἅλις ἔλθοι Κύπρις, οὐκ ἄλλα…

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