Electra’s tragic myth inspired Carl Jung’s Electra complex, shaping psychological views on father-daughter relationships.

What was ancient Greek culture like? Learn about Greek theatre, art, sculpture, pottery and festivals in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 primary history guide. ... Euripides and Aeschylus.

Staging “The Oresteia,” Aeschylus’s epic Greek tragedy, ... The ancient playwrights did it with even fewer actors. In the second part, I go to just one character with long monologues.

My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.