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Inner Nature and Outward Appearance in Euripides' Electra (2019)
Journal Article
STEWART, E. (2022). Inner Nature and Outward Appearance in Euripides' Electra. PHOENIX, 73(3-4), 237-261. https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2019.0017

This paper presents a new interpretation of Euripides’ Electra centred on the issue of hereditary excellence. The question of how nobility is to be defined and recognised forms a unifying theme of this work and is of crucial importance for the develo... Read More about Inner Nature and Outward Appearance in Euripides' Electra.

»There’s nothing worse than athletes«: criticism of athletics and professionalism in the archaic and classical periods (2019)
Journal Article
Edmund, S. (2019). »There’s nothing worse than athletes«: criticism of athletics and professionalism in the archaic and classical periods. Nikephoros: Zeitschrift fuer Sport und Kultur im Altertum, 27(2014),

Victory in the great athletic games was widely seen in the Greek world as one of the summits of human achievement. Yet a surprisingly large number of texts present a negative view of athletics, including Xenophanes fr. 2 West and Euripides fr. 282 Tr... Read More about »There’s nothing worse than athletes«: criticism of athletics and professionalism in the archaic and classical periods.