Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight


  • World
  • Monday, 15 Jan 2018

Hebatullah Alabdou attends a rehearsal for the Greek tragedy 'Iphigenia' with Syrian refugee women at Volksbuehne Theatre in Berlin, Germany January 12, 2018. Picture taken January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of Syrian women are adapting the Euripides' tragedy "Iphigenia", using a play set during an ancient war to bring Berlin audiences closer to the plight of women driven from their homeland by conflict.

The play, staged this month and next in Berlin's historic Volksbuehne, is an adaptation of Euripides' 2,500-year-old story of a princess sacrificed by her father, the Greek King Agamemnon, to placate an angry goddess.

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