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Blood, gods and broken homes

Greek tragedy didn’t invent crisis, but confronted it

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Jan 31, 2025
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Imagine an entire city gathering to watch the worst things imaginable happen to the best people.

A ruler discovers he has murdered his father and married his mother.

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