Iphigenia

Aulis, known from the Trojan War and the sacrifice of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, the leader of the Greeks, is located on the Boeotian coast, in the southern Evian Gulf, opposite the source of Arethusa.

Strong Born, a new work by Greek choreographer Katerina Papageorgiou, AKA Kat Valastur, explores themes of sacrifice and empowerment through a feminist lens at the Pireos 260 venue.

Her life until the final year of high school was solely dedicated to track and field. An athlete specializing in middle-distance running events, she was ready for the Gymnastics Academy. However, a career guidance test changed everything, revealing a talent for theater and dance, despite her limited exposure to performing on stage.

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.

On at the National Historical Museum (nhmuseum.gr) through August 13, "Portraits of the Revolution" marks the bicentennial anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, as well as 200 years since Dionysios Solomos wrote the poem that became Greece's national anthem, "Hymn to Liberty." Curated by Iris Kritikou and Iphigenia Vogiatzi who selected pieces from the museum's collection to show beside

Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas's resignation was necessitated by the scale of the wildfire tragedy and its dreadful management.

Besides, every government looks for an Iphigenia to sacrifice when faced with public rage.

Fresh from last year's production of Euripides' "Iphigenia in Aulis," rising duo Emilios Chilakis and Manolis Dounias direct Sophocles' 4th century BC tragedy "Antigone" as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival at the Roman era Herod Atticus Theater on the southwestern slope of the Acropolis hill on Wednesday, July 11.

A group of Syrian women are adapting the Euripides' tragedy "Iphigenia," using a a play set during an ancient war to bring Berlin audiences closer to the plight of women driven from their homeland by conflict.

A 1,800-year-old mosaic, which showed the sacrifice of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra during the Trojan War in Greek mythology, was found at excavation works in the ancient city of Perge in Turkey's Mediterranean region.

Euripides' "Iphigeneia at Aulis" will be performed at the open-air Municipal Theater of Zakynthos on Wednesday, July 19 as part of the production's summer tour. It is directed by Emilios Heilakis on an adaptation of the ancient drama by Manolis Dounias, with music by Dionysis Savvopoulos. The show begins at 9.30 p.m. Tickets cost 17 euros.