#sacrifice in this culture! whatmedea represents! how she wins all of her mental duels with her husband and yet that doesn’t help her bc of
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lafcadiosadventures · 6 months ago
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the idea that ancient greek tragedy and mythology* are universal has hindered the way we read those texts so much. it encourages a superficial reading that separates eminently political genres from their sociohistorical context
*not talking about comedy bc most ppl ignore greek comedy, i feel
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