Euripides play Jiang uses as an image and critique of empire, especially the sacrifice of the young.
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The Bacchae
Euripides play Jiang uses as an image and critique of empire, especially the sacrifice of the young.
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"if you have not read euboides you must read euboides one of the greatest playwrights in human history so he wrote uh the play..."
"...Athens. And his last play, he wrote his last play called, the Bacchae in Macedonia. And after he died, his friends brought this play..."
"...my army, go in the mountains and kill everyone, okay? Because the Bacchae are too disruptive. They are amoral, okay? And he's about to..."
"...the branch, okay? And he has a very clear view of the Bacchae who are in a circle. Then what Dionysus does is he..."
"...it's sacrificing its young people in order to accomplish this. So the Bacchae is a direct criticism of the Athenian Empire and it's direct..."
"...actually still performed today. OK? So the Orestia, Oedipus Rex, and the Bacchae are still performed in theaters around the world today. That's how..."
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