#die by my sword you haven't experienced 3 hours and 40 minutes of Play That Turns Your Brain Inside Out

[catilinas]

why IS a greek chorus like a lawyer. well yes they are both in the business of searching for a precedent. but there;s also the human sacrifice thing

#i love that line of antigonick but also many many thoughts on it as a translation #ALSO many reasons a greek chorus is Not like a lawyer but then. are they the witnesses or the jury or both #BUT THEN. if the chorus are the jury what is the audience? if i think too hard about these things the entirety of robert icke's oresteia #will start playing in my head. hashtag the child is the price hashtag there is a death outstanding #hashtag people quoting 'she's been dead since the beginning' as if it's just from The Oresteia and not icke's weird wild and sexy adaption #die by my sword you haven't experienced 3 hours and 40 minutes of Play That Turns Your Brain Inside Out #but that is a post for. another time. but also when people do just reference that quote as The Oresteia im like #you have not read it and i do not respect you #beeps