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Maimakterion 7. Mesountos
Jason, Son of Aeson, Returned to His Homeland.

Jason, Son of Aeson, Returned to His Homeland.

Apollonius Rhodius

Jason, who set out on a challenging quest, successfully returned to his homeland.

01 December 2023
Ajax, Son of Telamon, Committed Suicide.

Ajax, Son of Telamon, Committed Suicide.

Trygaios Aristeides

18 February
Dionysian Festivals and the Great Dionysia.

Dionysian Festivals and the Great Dionysia.

Trygaios Aristeides

09 September
Pentheus Was Killed by the Bacchae and His Mother Agave.

Pentheus Was Killed by the Bacchae and His Mother Agave.

Euripides

25 August
Medea Fled from Corinth After Killing Her Children.

Medea Fled from Corinth After Killing Her Children.

Euripides

Having killed her children, Medea fled from Corinth.

12 August
Prometheus Was Chained to a Rock by Zeus.

Prometheus Was Chained to a Rock by Zeus.

Aeschylus

Provoking the wrath of Zeus, Prometheus was chained to a rock by him.

12 August
Aristophanes Is Obsessed with Me.

Aristophanes Is Obsessed with Me.

Euripides

Aristophanes criticizes me in almost all of his plays.

26 July 2022
Orestes Killed His Mother, Queen Clytemestra.

Orestes Killed His Mother, Queen Clytemestra.

Aeschylus

26 July
Helen of Sparta Fled to Troy with Paris.

Helen of Sparta Fled to Troy with Paris.

Trygaios Aristeides

26 July

Phlyax Comedy and Its Vases

Trygaios Aristeides

25 July
Will Orestes Be Cleansed of His Crimes at the Areopagus?

Will Orestes Be Cleansed of His Crimes at the Areopagus?

Aeschylus

Orestes is being tried at the Areopagus.

06 September
Iphigenia Escapes from Tauris with Her Brother Orestes.

Iphigenia Escapes from Tauris with Her Brother Orestes.

Euripides

Iphigenia, serving as a priestess of Goddess Artemis in Tauris, escapes with her brother O...

05 September
Iphigenia is Sacrificed to Goddess Artemis.

Iphigenia is Sacrificed to Goddess Artemis.

Iphigenia is being sacrificed to Goddess Artemis by her father, Agamemnon, to bring favora...

 Agathon's Symposium

Agathon's Symposium

In honor of Agathon, who won an award in the tragedy competitions, the choregos hosted a l...

 The streets of the Agora will come alive again.

The streets of the Agora will come alive again.

The Agora will be bustling in the month of Pyanepsion. Fashion designers from neighboring...

 All the Gods Gather at the Feast.

All the Gods Gather at the Feast.

A Grand Feast Takes Place on Olympus.

 Achilles Repaid His Debt of Loyalty to His Friend.

Achilles Repaid His Debt of Loyalty to His Friend.

Having lost his close friend in the Trojan War, Achilles held a funeral for Patroclus.

 Cleisthenes' Reforms in Full Swing

Cleisthenes' Reforms in Full Swing

With Dracon, we planted stones into the ground; with Solon, we removed them; and with Clei...

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