Witty Sophocles Pun

Humanitarians,

Today we went over the characteristics of Greek drama, the highest form of Classical Greek art. Be sure you understand and can define the following Greek drama terms:

• chorus 
• tragic hero 
• catharsis

and that you know Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus. 

Next week straight into the drama of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Oedipus is part of a tragic cycle of plays which include Antigone & Oedipus at Colonus, which was remade as a gospel play in the 80's called Gospel at Colonus and has Morgan Freeman in it. 10/10 recommend.  

Honestly, the Greek tragedies can be a bit of a beat down. They are so tragic and you cry a lot. If I could, I would recommend the comedies! They are pretty funny, the Greek's humor is a bit like Will Farrell's if you're into those kinds of jokes. I especially like the comedies of Aristophanes. In fact, Spike Lee's Chi-raq is based on an Aristophanes play!

This weekend you don't really have any homework for us, so consider reading ahead or knocking out a humanities experience - I blogged some ideas of Wednesday's blog! 

This day in history:

• 1842: Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois. 
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• 1922: Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt. 
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• 1924: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office. 
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• 1956: Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy. 
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Monument to Imre Nagy in Budapest

• 1979: The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage. Ben Affleck's Argo was about freeing some of them! 10/10 recommend. 
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• 1995: Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.
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• 2005: Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, making history as the first African American US president. 



ah, he looks so young

Have a fantastic weekend! Make good choices!

- cbg

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