Jiang reads Trojan Women as a direct response to Athens's attack on Melos, confronting Athenians with the suffering their empire inflicted on women and children.
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Jiang reads Trojan Women as a direct response to Athens's attack on Melos, confronting Athenians with the suffering their empire inflicted on women and children.
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"But Euripides, he criticized Athenian democracy. All right? So, the example is, in 415 BCE, and this is the height of the Peloponnesian War,..."
"Okay? And been forced to be the mistress or concubine of the Greek, uh, heroes like Odysseus. Okay? Then you have Andromache. Andromache um,..."
"...height of the Pelagian War, Athens was attacking everyone, okay, including Melos, an island called Melos. And when they attacked Melos, they killed all..."
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