Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
A reading and discussion of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis (translated by Edward Coleridge). Tamieka Chavis, Tim Delap, Michael Lumsden, Evvy Miller, Richard Neale, Paul O'Mahony, and Eunice Roberts perform select scenes, with Adam Barnard, Mat Carbon (Queen's University at Kingston), and Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) leading the discussion.
Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Text available at scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-eng2:0-21/?highlight
Scene selections:
317-334 - Agamemnon and Menelaus
413-542 - Agamemnon, Menelaus, messenger, chorus
598-750 - chorus, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, Agamemnon
801-855 - Clytemnestra, Achilles
1211-1275 - Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Iphigenia, chorus
1338-1510 - Iphigenia, Clytemnestra, Chorus, Achilles
1613-1627 - Chorus, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon
Credits:
Iphigenia - Evvy Miller
Clytemnestra - Eunice Roberts
Agamemnon - Michael Lumsden
Menelaus - Paul O’Mahony
Achilles - Tim Delap
Chorus - Tamieka Chavis
Messenger - Richard Neale
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) Foley, H. P. 1982. "Marriage and sacrifice in Euripides’ Iphigeneia in Aulis." Arethusa 15.1–2: 159–180.
2) Saïd, S. 2002. "Greeks and barbarians in Euripides’ tragedies: The end of differences?" In Greeks and barbarians. Edited by Thomas Harrison, 62–100. New York: Routledge.
3) "Iphigenia in Jerusalem" by Molly Levine: https://eidolon.pub/iphigenia-in-jerusalem-48ba4f15565f
A reading and discussion of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis (translated by Edward Coleridge). Tamieka Chavis, Tim Delap, Michael Lumsden, Evvy Miller, Richard Neale, Paul O'Mahony, and Eunice Roberts perform select scenes, with Adam Barnard, Mat Carbon (Queen's University at Kingston), and Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) leading the discussion.
Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Text available at scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-eng2:0-21/?highlight
Scene selections:
317-334 - Agamemnon and Menelaus
413-542 - Agamemnon, Menelaus, messenger, chorus
598-750 - chorus, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, Agamemnon
801-855 - Clytemnestra, Achilles
1211-1275 - Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Iphigenia, chorus
1338-1510 - Iphigenia, Clytemnestra, Chorus, Achilles
1613-1627 - Chorus, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon
Credits:
Iphigenia - Evvy Miller
Clytemnestra - Eunice Roberts
Agamemnon - Michael Lumsden
Menelaus - Paul O’Mahony
Achilles - Tim Delap
Chorus - Tamieka Chavis
Messenger - Richard Neale
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) Foley, H. P. 1982. "Marriage and sacrifice in Euripides’ Iphigeneia in Aulis." Arethusa 15.1–2: 159–180.
2) Saïd, S. 2002. "Greeks and barbarians in Euripides’ tragedies: The end of differences?" In Greeks and barbarians. Edited by Thomas Harrison, 62–100. New York: Routledge.
3) "Iphigenia in Jerusalem" by Molly Levine: https://eidolon.pub/iphigenia-in-jerusalem-48ba4f15565f
