Why “The Oresteia” Still Matters
It is said that the Oresteia is the ancient world’s Divine Comedy, with some justification. Originally a four-part play, only three pieces of the movement survive: Agamemnon,…
Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity
How the Classics Made Shakespeare. Jonathan Bates. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. Jonathan Bate is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Shakespeare. He is a…