Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me by Edith Hall

Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me

Edith Hall with Edith Hall (Narrator)

7 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction medium-paced
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 In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To prepare listeners for this terrible news, he announces, "The tragedies that hurt the most are those that sufferers have ...

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emotional 100%
informative 100%
reflective 100%
sad 100%
challenging 66%
dark 66%
adventurous 33%
hopeful 33%
tense 33%

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slow 33%

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