In The Birth of Tragedy, Friedrich Nietzsche’s seminal 1872 study of the origins and significance of Greek tragedy, the German philosopher called for the rebirth of tragic art to reawaken the profound ...

Presenting a production of Sophocles’ Oedipus might sound like good training for the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s second-year MFA students, and it is. But it’s also a reminder for audiences of just how ...

John Tirman: "These American wars contain an element of Greek tragedy, beginning with hubris and ending with an unconscious, Oedipal urge to blind ourselves to the horror of what we’ve done." Pictured ...

Classical mythology is replete with tales of heroes and kings, rulers and the oppressed who flew too high, reached too far, wanted too much, flouted the rules and ignored the odds. The unfinished ...