The production of Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated epic film The Odyssey has been accused of "brutal repression." The accusations stem from the fact ...

Ancient drama at an ancient theatre. That is what is happening at Curium and Paphos’ Ancient Odeon as the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama unfolds this July and August. Up next, as the ...

There are lots of ancient ruins to see in Greece, unsurprisingly, but European travel guru Rick Steves recommends these three particular sites.

Helen and Clytemnestra were the wives of heroes in the Trojan War, Menelaus and Agamemnon. The subject of Leda and the swan has the potential for erotic depiction in both the visual and literary arts, ...

Credit: Frederic Leighton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Few ancient figures have left as deep a mark on modern psychology as Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Her story, ...

The Odyssey, currently scheduled to hit theaters on July 17, 2026, will star Matt Damon in the lead role of as Odysseus, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron as Circe, Anne ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. VSU Theatre is performing their rendition of Iphigenia 2.5, a student-adapted version of the classic play Iphigenia in Aulis by Greek playwright Euripides, ...

The characters were expertly portrayed by such singers as Rosa Tentoni (Iphigénie), Cyrena van Gordon (Clytemnestra), Joseph Bentonelli (Achilles), Georges Baklanoff (Agamemnon).

Agamemnon has sacrificed their daughter; he has brought home a mistress, Cassandra; and Clytemnestra feels loyalty, both personal and political, to Aegisthus, her husband’s cousin, whom she has ...