A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

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Great Books Ep 89. Euripides - Heracles Mad. The Dark Side of Heroism
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Great Books Ep 89. Euripides - Heracles Mad. The Dark Side of Heroism

As modern citizens, we have to be skeptical of people being deified as flawless beings or demonized as fallen people - both accounts are most likely to be false, and the truth is somewhere in between.

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“Night, harden thy heart relentlessly, send forth frenzy upon him, confound his mind … that he may learn to know how fiercely against him the wrath of Hera burns and may also experience mine; otherwise, if he escape punishment, the gods will become as naught, while man’s power will grow.”

~ ‘Heracles Mad’ by Euripid…

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