Word: stesichorus
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...three millennia, men have been fascinated by this grisly tale. Stesichorus recorded it, and Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides all found in it a theme for tragedy. Voltaire reworked the theme in Oreste, and in Mourning Becomes Electra Eugene O'Neill adapted it to the American scene. In this noble, ceremonious, and sometimes serenely beautiful film. Greek Director Michael Cacoyannis (Stella) has attempted an adaptation of Euripides' Electra. Up to a point, the attempt excitingly succeeds. The performers, most notably Irene Papas, who interprets Electra, move with the dignity of figures in a ritual, speak with a largeness suggesting...
...vain and impotent thing to bewail the dead, the Greek poet Stesichorus once admonished his readers. And no doubt it is; but perhaps some of that fabled $87 million still remains. And if it does, there may be some hope for a raising of the dead. Ah, gentlemen, make the most of what you may yet spend...
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