Remember everything I told you about Roman Comedy's use of stock characters?  Well, you can forget everything I told you about Roman Comedy's use of stock characters.  In Persa, Plautus breaks that form.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Plautus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 04 Jan 2016. Web. 14 Aug 2020.

Conlon, Joseph Matthew.  Persa: Introduction and Commentary. 2016. Princeton University, PhD dissertation.  Available at: https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01q524jr177/1/Conlon_princeton_0181D_11622.pdf

Riley, Henry T., translator. The Complete Works of Titus Maccius Plautus. Delphi Classics, 2016.

Odysseus and his men visit a few more islands.  Not every island results in someone's death, but for the most part, it's not going very well.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Odyssey." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

Homer.  The Odyssey.  Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Tsykynovska, Helen. "The Odyssey Book 10." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 23 Oct 2020.

Each of our tragedians tackled the story of Orestes and Electra.  In today's episode, we get Euripides's take, and as one should expect from the most depressing of the three, it is bloody.

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References

Euripides.  Electra and Other Plays. Translated by John Davie with Introduction and Notes by Richard Rutherford, Penguin Classics, 1998, pp. 131-4, 235-42.

Euripides.  “Electra.” Ten Plays.  Translated by Paul Roche, Signet Classics, 1998, pp. 163-214.

Wasson, Donald L. "Electra by Euripides." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 30 Mar 2020. Web. 14 Oct 2020.

Today we have another short Homeric Hymn in #16: Hymn to Asklepios.

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Reference

Shelmerdine, Susan Chadwick. The Homeric Hymns. Focus Information Group, 1995.

In Book 8, Alkinoös asks Odysseus to tell his tale, and in Book 9, that tale finally starts.  This is probably what you were thinking The Odyssey would be about.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Odyssey." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

Homer.  The Odyssey.  Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Tsykynovska, Helen. "The Odyssey Book 9." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 11 Oct 2020.

It's episode 100!  But nothing exciting happening here.  Instead it's a really weird play.  Not Plautus's finest.  And not one that aged well. To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization.  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode.

References

Cartwright, Mark. "Plautus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 04 Jan 2016. Web. 14 Aug 2020.

Riley, Henry T., translator. The Complete Works of Titus Maccius Plautus. Delphi Classics, 2016.

The Phaiakians play some games and sing some songs and still don’t know Odysseus’s name.  To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization.  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode.

References

Cartwright, Mark. "Odyssey." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

Homer.  The Odyssey.  Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Tsykynovska, Helen. "The Odyssey Book 8." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 9 Oct 2020.

In today's play, we learn what happens to the rest of the seven men who make up the famous Seven Against Thebes.  To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization.  If there’s no hyperlink showing up here, you can go to triumvirclio.school.blog to find a feed of recent episodes as well as discussion pages for every episode.

References

“The Suppliants – Euripides – Ancient Greece – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_euripides_suppliants.html.  Accessed 6 Oct 2020

Euripides.  Electra and Other Plays.  Translated by John Davie. Penguin Classics, 1998.

Wasson, Donald L. "Suppliants by Euripides." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 20 May 2020. Web. 07 Oct 2020.

Today's episode looks at Homeric Hymn #15, about the original greatest of all time.

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Reference

Shelmerdine, Susan Chadwick. The Homeric Hymns. Focus Information Group, 1995.

Odysseus meets the Phaiakians.  He's getting closer to home, but we still have a long way to go before he gets there.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Odyssey." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

Homer.  The Odyssey.  Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Tsykynovska, Helen. "The Odyssey Book 7." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 1 Oct 2020.