A Bit of Father & Son Fighting Over… Who Deserves to Live (Euripides’ Alcestis Part 2)

Season 5 // Episode 375

This episode originally aired on April 19, 2022. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

The eponymous character dies. And then what? The tragicomic play by Euripides that turns everything on its head, and then some.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Euripides' Alcestis, found in The Greek Plays, introduction and translation by Rachel Kitzinger.

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