In her new book, "A Greek Tragedy," Jeanne Carstensen investigates a deadly 2015 shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesvos, ...

Korydallos prison inmates perform in the ancient Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ for their fellow inmates, at the prison’s yard in Korydallos, Greece, June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas ...

In a similar way, “tragedy” originated onstage, as a dramatic form, before acquiring the more general meaning of a devastating or unfortunate situation. What we now think of as Greek tragedy ...

(Artur Widak / NurPhoto via Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE: In his most recent book, The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution (Berlin and Boston ...

Journalist Jeanne Carstensen writes about the incident in the book "A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis" and talks with host Deepa Fernandes about ...

My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?

The sinking of a packed migrant boat off the coast of Greece may be “the worst tragedy ever” in the Mediterranean ... told CNN that they had seen Greek authorities towing the vessel with ...

The story of the Von Erich pro-wrestling dynasty is the stuff of legends, or, as filmmaker Sean Durkin sees it, a Greek tragedy of fathers and sons. A close-knit wrestling clan of five Texas ...

The first is a French adaptation of the Greek tragedy written by Jean Anouilh, and the second is a German retelling by Bertolt Brecht. First performed in Nazi-occupied Paris, Anouilh placed ...

“This will be the first time the REP has produced a Greek tragedy,” said Producing Artistic Director Steve Tague. “This particular play speaks to a woman’s place in a man’s world. Doesn’t sound that ...