Greek tragedy : why do we still care? [videorecording] / [lecture by] Jasper Griffin ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Greek tragedy : why do we still care? [videorecording] / [lecture by] Jasper Griffin ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Lecturer Jasper Griffin, emeritus professor of classical languages and literature at Oxford University, discusses why Greek tragedy, which came into existence in Athens about 500 B.C., is still relevant in today's world. Griffin examines the themes and writing style of Greek tragedy and explains that tragedies still possess the power to move us because they articulate our pain as we cannot and are still recognizable as a version of our own world, problems, and sufferings.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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