Ancient Greek Plays

Homer & the Greek Plays Roundtable

We end our first study of the Greek plays

2 hrs ago • Ascend Book Club

You Can Read Aristophanes’ The Frogs

A hilarious story on the political role of poets

Sep 16 • Ascend Book Club

Aristophanes’ The Clouds with Dr. Zena Hitz

Vulgar, crude, yet somehow profound

Sep 16 • Ascend Book Club

10 Questions on Aristophanes The Clouds

Hilarious, vulgar, and profound

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

Read The Bacchae with Ascend

A play on mania, virtue, and the divine

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

The Bacchae: 25 Question-and-Answer Guide

A drama of madness, piety, gore, and civilizational collapse

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

Oedipus at Colonus is Worth Reading

Everything you need to end the Oedipus cycle well

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

18 Question Guide on Oedipus at Colonus

The redemptive end of the Oedipus Cycle

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

15 Question Guide on Oedipus Rex

The play Aristotle called the best of the Greek tragedies

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

Let’s Discuss Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Aristotle called this the best Greek tragedy

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

Let’s Read Antigone by Sophocles

One of the best dramas in Western civilization

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

24 Question Guide on Antigone by Sophocles

One of the most important dramas in Western civilization

Sep 14 • Ascend Book Club

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