Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

Greek Tragedy XXV: Euripides’s Heracles, or Not to Be Confused with Disney’s Hercules


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In Disney's Hercules, we see how Meg and Herc meet and fall in love.  In Euripides's Herakles, we see how Megara and Herakles... well...  Let's just say that the ending isn't pretty...

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References

Coleridge, E.P., translator.  “Heracles.” Euripides’s Collection [19 books].  Publish This, LLC, 2014.

“Heracles – Euripides – Ancient Greece – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_euripides_heracles.html.  Accessed 31 Oct 2020

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