What Aeschylus Might Teach Us About The Refugee Crisis

“Leave it to the Greeks to compound the dramatic complications. They looked to their playwrights to teach them how to grapple with complexity instead of reaching for simple solutions that never solve anything. Yet a cautionary word to directors who may be lured by the topicality of Aeschylus’ drama: This is a play that is ultimately more curious about the contradictions in human and divine law than about the legal predicament of the refugees.”