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Aeschylus’ Oresteian Trilogy, 3 of 3: The Eumenides. Pursued all the away to Athens by the monstrous Furies, will Orestes prevail, or be torn apart?

Aeschylus’ Oresteian Trilogy, 2 of 3: The Libation Bearers. The infernal House of Atreus had witnessed almost every imaginable act of depravity. Except for one.

Aeschylus’ Oresteian Trilogy, 1 of 3: Agamemnon. A terrible family curse. A wronged queen. The Trojan War was only the start of the bloodshed.

Masks. Choruses. Huge prosthetic penises. Before you read Sophocles, Euripides, and company, it’s a good idea to know a bit about Ancient Greek theater.

The work of Sappho, Pindar, and other remarkable Greek lyric poets makes us question everything we think we know about poetry, what it is, and what it does.

The Old Testament, Part 10 of 10. The seventeen Prophetic Books, produced during war and diaspora, are both despairingly bleak and searingly hopeful.

The Old Testament, Part 9 of 10. What’s the Song of Songs doing in the Bible? Is it a pious hymn to God, or just a couple of horny lovers talking to each other?

The Old Testament, Part 8 of 10. If there is one Biblical book that explains all of life, thick and thin, love and anguish, that book is probably Ecclesiastes.