Great Books Ep 82. Euripides - The Trojan Women. Who to Blame after a Major Catastrophe?

In the aftermath of a crisis, people always try to look for a scapegoat, a person to blame for all the troubles, even though the real cause may be a complex web of lies that's difficult to unravel.

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“For all that followed I must question my own heart, not thee; what frantic thought led me to follow the stranger from thy house, traitress to my country and my home? Punish the goddess, show thyself more mighty e'en than Zeus..”

~ ‘The Trojan Women’ by Euripides (Edward P. Coleridge translation. GB5 - p. 278)

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