Great Books Ep 53. Aeschylus - The Suppliant Maidens part 1. Seeking Refuge in the Age of Migration and Refugees

If one were to ask an average person across the world which land on earth they would prefer to flee to in case they face hardship or oppression, I think they would say the US.

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“What land but this would offer us a haven, Where else the world o'er should we welcome find”

~ The Suppliant Maidens by Aeschylus (G. M. Cookson translation. p1)

Brief Summary (lines 1 - 176)

The play starts with a chorus pleading to Zeus to offer protection. They are a group of 50 maidens who have fled from …