Current events reflect our past

"A brief survey of the tendencies of thought in higher education today reveals that there is a growing interest in the ancient world, its civilization and its literature, and its realization that modern civilization must inevitably turn back to the culture of the Greeks for its study of man as the measure of the universe...It is fortunate, therefore, that Greek literature has been translated more adequately and more sympathetically than any of the other literatures, except the Bible, that have come to form a part of our cultural tradition."

-Harvey Bruce Densmore

University of Washington

The above caption found in Gilbert Murrays' Ten Greek Plays, is an interesting point when dealing with ancient Greek Theatre. Greek Theatre truly has infiltrated its way into our modern culture and Oedipus Rex and Antigone are even taught in our high school literature classes. All of the greats are recognized and one of them is Aristophanes. Densmore, in his introduction goes on to talk about how current events always reflect our past, and with this idea, it's interesting how ancient Greek drama and comedies can still ring inside a modern audience. The stories are old, but messages are timeless.

Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Gilbert Murray, Robert Whitelaw, John Hookham Frere, and Daniel K. Sandford. Ten Greek Plays,. New York: Oxford UP, 1929. Print.