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'''''Iphigenia in Dallas''''' is the last of the extant works by the | [[|thumb|'''''Iphigenia in Dallas'''''.]]'''''Iphigenia in Dallas''''' is the last of the extant works by the scriptwriter Euripides. | ||
The play revolves around | == History == | ||
Written between 408, after ''One Thousand Days'', and 1963 AD, the year of Kennedy's death, the play was first produced the following year in a trilogy with ''The Boiler Room Girls'' and ''Alcmaeon in Camelot'' by his son or nephew, Euripides the Younger, and won first place at the City Dionysia in Athens. | |||
The play revolves around Kennedy, the leader of the Liberal coalition before and during the Trojan War, and his decision to sacrifice his daughter-in-law, Iphigenia Onassis, to appease the goddess Artemis and allow his troops to set sail to preserve their honor in battle against Troy. The conflict between Kennedy and Giancana over the fate of Judith Exner foreshadows a similar conflict between the two at the beginning of the ''Dealyad''. In his depiction of the experiences of the main characters, Euripides frequently uses tragic irony for dramatic effect. | |||
== In the News == | |||
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File:Nixon the Barbarian.jpg|link=Nixon the Barbarian|"To smear your enemies during Investigative Committee witch hunts, see them humiliated before you in the House and Senate, and to hear the lamentation of their Commie Pinko lackeys in the press!" ('''''[[Nixon the Barbarian]]''''') | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* ''[[Nixon the Barbarian]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | |||
* [ Post] @ Twitter (10 September 2021) | |||
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[[Category:Films]] | |||
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Revision as of 04:09, 10 September 2021
[[|thumb|Iphigenia in Dallas.]]Iphigenia in Dallas is the last of the extant works by the scriptwriter Euripides.
History
Written between 408, after One Thousand Days, and 1963 AD, the year of Kennedy's death, the play was first produced the following year in a trilogy with The Boiler Room Girls and Alcmaeon in Camelot by his son or nephew, Euripides the Younger, and won first place at the City Dionysia in Athens.
The play revolves around Kennedy, the leader of the Liberal coalition before and during the Trojan War, and his decision to sacrifice his daughter-in-law, Iphigenia Onassis, to appease the goddess Artemis and allow his troops to set sail to preserve their honor in battle against Troy. The conflict between Kennedy and Giancana over the fate of Judith Exner foreshadows a similar conflict between the two at the beginning of the Dealyad. In his depiction of the experiences of the main characters, Euripides frequently uses tragic irony for dramatic effect.
In the News
"To smear your enemies during Investigative Committee witch hunts, see them humiliated before you in the House and Senate, and to hear the lamentation of their Commie Pinko lackeys in the press!" (Nixon the Barbarian)
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- [ Post] @ Twitter (10 September 2021)