The World's a Stage

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA

Orestes by Euripides, 408 BCE (“…μὴ θεαί μ᾽ οἴστρῳ κατάσχωσι.”)

trans. Michael Wodhull, 1782 (“Lest those Goddesses should seize me/ With frenzy.”)

trans. T. A. Buckley, 1858 (“I fear lest the Goddesses should stop me with their torments.”)

trans. E. P. Coleridge, 1891 (“I am afraid the goddesses will prevent me by madness.”)

trans. Arthur S. Way, 1898 (“Lest the Fiends by madness stay me.”)

trans. Philip Vellacott, 1972 (“This: suppose the Furies drive me mad?”)

trans. Kenneth McLeish, 1997 (“If the goddesses come… another fit…”)

trans. David Kovacs, 2002 (“…the fear that the goddesses may seize me with frenzy.”)

trans. Anne Carson, 2009 (“The ghastly goddessess—they’ll send my wits astray.”)

Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “The way I was taught to love”

for those of you who missed it

— Colourless Musings, Tathève Simonyan (insp)

Mahmoud Darwish, from Journal of an Ordinary Grief (tr. from the Arabic by Ibrahim Muhawi)

The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in Greece is a remarkable testament to ancient Greek artistic prowess and classical architecture. Built in the 4th century BCE, this meticulously designed amphitheater features exceptional acoustics, allowing even faint whispers to be heard from the highest seats. It was primarily used for Greek tragedies and comedies, highlighting the cultural significance of theater in ancient times.