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Episode 1
The Bacchae by Euripides
introduced by Zina Giannopoulou
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Pentheus, the excessively rational king of Thebes, dies a savage death at the hands of the followers of Dionysus, god of irrationality.
Episode 2
Philoctetes by Sophocles
introduced by Jane O. Newman
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Philoctetes, by Sophocles, is frequently taught and performed in the context of wartime trauma and its afterlives in the hearts and minds of veterans.
![Sophia Metcalf](/sites/default/files/2022-02/s_metcalf.jpeg)
Sophia Metcalf
Voice Actor, Herakles
![Abel García](/sites/default/files/2022-02/a_garcia.jpeg)
Abel García
Voice Actor, Philoctetes
![Brandon Foxworth](/sites/default/files/2022-02/b_foxworth.jpeg)
Brandon Foxworth
Voice Actor, Neoptolemus
Produced by Carrie Noland, Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation, with support from Julia Lupton, Director of Illuminations
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