Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me by Edith Hall

Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me

Edith Hall with Edith Hall (Narrator)

Audiobook edition 7h 25m audio 2024

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 In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To prepare listeners for this terrible news, he announces, "The tragedies that hurt the most are those that sufferers have ...

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