əliʃə bɛθ

He was also concerned with people as people—with what it’s like to be a human being in a family, in a fantasy, in a longing, in a mistake. For this exploration too he used ancient myth as a lens. Myths are stories about people who became too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible. To be present when that happens is Euripides’ playwriting technique.
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There is in Euripides some kind of learning that is always at the boiling point. It breaks experiences open and they waste themselves, running through your fingers.