It’s a modern-day Greek tragedy. A dad-to-be is lamenting the name his mythology-loving wife wants to give their daughter as he fears she will be looked at as a three-syllable “skank.” “This has led ...

“In my experience, ambitious people fall quickly. But not you. You have a talent for survival.” This is how the eponymous heroine of Costanza Casati’s debut novel “Clytemnestra” is described by one of ...

Reading “Clytemnestra” by Costanza Casati, based on ancient Greek history, reminds one how rarely women are featured in Greek literature, mythology and history. When mentioned, women are typically ...

At the Salzburg Festival, a new adaptation of “The Oresteia” will put a classic story of war, democracy and revenge into a modern context. By David Belcher Staging “The Oresteia,” Aeschylus’s epic ...