{"id":7318,"date":"2020-12-17T15:09:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=7318"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:56:49","slug":"in-tragic-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=7318","title":{"rendered":"In tragic times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further to <a href=\"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=7312\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the previous post<\/a>, since earlier this year, <em>CHS <\/em>and their associated  <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Kosmos Society<\/a><\/em> has also, in conjunction with the UK&#8217;s <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.out-of-chaos.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Out of Chaos<\/a><\/em> theatre collective, been presenting <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.out-of-chaos.co.uk\/greek-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\">creative theatrical readings<\/a> of many Greek tragedies. A marvellous initiative &#8211; and also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLq5ea-jR9u2ojLpe4x3suBCx1eGuXwnL2\" target=\"_blank\">available on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oresteia: Agamemnon, Aeschylus\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X2KihPrvPog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Reading and discussion of Aeschylus&#8217; Agamemnon (translation by Oliver Taplin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above, as an example, Aeschylus&#8217; <em>Agamemnon<\/em>, which I note uses the Oliver Taplin translation that Emily Wilson spoke of <a href=\"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=6330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. And, Mr. Taplin is in fact a guest (approx. 22:00), and has some interesting things to say about translation and performance &#8211; in general and in respect to the <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Oresteia&amp;oldid=992110525\" target=\"_blank\">Oresteia<\/a><\/em> in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, while we&#8217;re with <em>Agamemnon<\/em>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk\/ebooks-agamemnon\" target=\"_blank\">here a wonderful and free (iBook, ePub) learning resource<\/a> at APGRD  &#8211; created by another participant in the above, Fiona Macintosh (et.al.), and in which Mr. Taplin also has a role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further to the previous post, since earlier this year, CHS and their associated Kosmos Society has also, in conjunction with the UK&#8217;s Out of Chaos theatre collective, been presenting creative theatrical readings of many Greek tragedies. A marvellous initiative &#8211; and also available on YouTube. Above, as an example, Aeschylus&#8217; Agamemnon, which I note uses &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=7318\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In tragic times&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classics","category-greece","category-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7318"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8447,"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318\/revisions\/8447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}