Heracleidae, Euripides
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2020-11-19

A reading and discussion of Euripides' Heracleidae (translation by George Theodoridis), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Helene Foley (Columbia University). The cast includes Aldo Bringas, Tim Delap, Maria Goycoolea, Evelyn Miller, Paul O'Mahony, and Rhys Rusbatch.

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (out-of-chaos.co.uk). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To learn about the Medea scene competition, visit https://www.out-of-chaos.co.uk/playingmedea. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.

The text is available at https://bacchicstage.wordpress.com/euripides/heracleidae/. 

Scene selections:
69-287: Iolaus, Kopreas, Chorus, Demophon
473-595: Makaria, Iolaos, Demophon
708-799: Chorus, Alcmene, Iolaos, Servant
960-end: Chorus, Alcmene, Eurystheus

Credits:
Kopreus/Servant - Aldo Bringas 
Makaria - Evelyn Miller 
Alcmene - Maria Goycoolea 
Chorus - Paul O'Mahony 
Demophon/Eurystheus - Rhys Rusbatch 
Iolaus - Tim Delap 

Director - Paul O'Mahony

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.

Suggested further reading:
1) Roselli, D. K. 2007. "Gender, class, and ideology: The social function of virgin sacrifice in Euripides’ Children of Herakles." Classical Antiquity 26.1: 81–169.

2) Burian, P. 1977. "Euripides’ Heraclidae: An interpretation." Classical Philology 72.1: 1–21.

3) Falkner, T. M. 1989. "The wrath of Alcmene: Gender, authority, and old age in Euripides’ Children of Heracles." In Old age in Greek and Latin literature. Edited by T. M. Falkner and J. de Luce, 114–131. SUNY Series in Classical Studies. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press.