Aeschylus

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The Karolos Koun Art Theater, in collaboration with Neos Kosmos Theater, will present Aeschylus' "The Suppliants" at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus on August 23-24. Directed by Marianna Calbari, this adaptation of Aeschylus' lone surviving play from his Danaid Tetralogy explores themes of asylum and female persecution.

The premiere of "Six Women in Greek Tragedy," an arrangement of plays written by Greece's major tragedians, Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, is set for June 22, 2024.

This open-air Ancient Greek theatre performance, directed by Panos Angelopoulos, will be hosted at the Athens University History Museum, in the hub of Plaka, beneath the heights of the Acropolis.

The Theater of the No (3 Konstantinou Paleologou) in Athens debuts "Prometheus Bound," an opera featuring Greek composer Panagiotis Karousos' music and libretto based on Aeschylus' tragedy. Running for seven performances until July 24, the opera explores Prometheus' journey with neo-romantic harmony.

Stage director Aikaterini Papageorgiou is set to open her second production with a theater workshop she helped set up at the Greek capital's Korydallos Prison. After staging Aeschylus' "The Persians" last year, the 27-year-old will be back with Sophocles' "Antigone" in June. [Elina Giounanli]

The Belgian city of Ghent is hosting a festival dedicated to ancient Greek drama, presenting the entire canon of 32 surviving plays in the streets of the city, free of charge, from May 1 to June 23.

Pantelis Flatsousis and his team present a unique performance at the Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus. Based on Aeschylus' classic play "Seven Against Thebes," this production explores the theme of war and its devastating consequences.

From 15 to 30 July two large-scale theatrical productions of Aeschylus' works − one Greek and one international − by leading artists, a concert with distinguished musical ensembles as well as an academic symposium on Aeschylus and the concepts governing this special stage genre, will create an informal but explosive debate on ancient drama, which always remains alive and crucial to contemporary

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The Municipal and Regional Theater of Patra presents "Prometheus Bound," Aeschylus' dramatic tragedy that tells the tale of Prometheus, a Titan punished by Zeus for providing fire to humanity.