“Hero,” said Machaon to his sister who was still muttering to her gods. “Please stop. Surely the gods would have heard you… — Sulari Gentill Copy Share Image
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger Copy Share Image
Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In other countries, the business of laughing is… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
“Orestes beloved. as you die you destroy me. You have torn away the part of my mind where hope was .” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“In some ways grief anonymizes as powerfully as a Greek tragedy mask.” — Tana French Copy Share Image
In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“But when a god sends harm, no man can sidestep it, no matter how strong he may be.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Yes it will be a grace if I die. To exist is pain. Life is no desire of mine anymore.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I perform regularly with a theater company called Outside the Wire who take performances of Greek tragedy to American-military audiences around the… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
“Apollo, Apollo—but he is my lord. I will keep silence. He is wise forever, though his oracle spoke brutal words. We are… — Euripides Copy Share Image
You can't tell the story of the thousands of people whose lives were destroyed by Bernie Madoff because there are thousands of… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
“Marx was troubled by the question of why ancient Greek art retained an ‘eternal charm’, even though the social conditions which produced… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Bear witness for one who is loved and not loved: we cast the cloak gently around her, an end of great woe… — Euripides Copy Share Image
Gangster movies are the inheritor of the Greek tragedy: it's the only genre where the audience will be disappointed if there's not… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
“His copy was full of lofty echoes: Greek Tragedy; Damocle's sword; manna from heaven; the myth of Sisyphus; the last of the… — Tarun J. Tejpal Copy Share Image
“The world is full of problems far more urgent and relevant than Greek tragedy.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life's not a Greek tragedy.' After a long second, I shrugged. 'I mean, if you didn't sleep with your mom by mistake,… — Riley Redgate Copy Share Image
