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A Stunning New Take on Ancient Greek Theater in Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
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Join me as I chat with Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits, a wonderful debut novel listed in the Theater category on Art In Fiction.
View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ZFFQ4rg4DU
- Genesis for Glorious Exploits
- Based on true events that occurred in Syracuse, Sicily during the Peloponnesian war.
- The theme of friendship in Glorious Exploits
- Theater and research of ancient Greek theater in the writing of Glorious Exploits
- Traveling to Greece and Syracuse as part of the research process
- Why Euripedes? Discussion of Medea and The Trojan Women, the two Euripedes plays put on by the Athenian soldiers in the quarry
- The voice of Lampo and why he sounds Irish
- The similarities between Ireland as an island nation separate from and yet related to England, and Sicily, also an island separate from and yet related to the culture of Greece
- The size and breadth of the ancient world and its many influences
- Discussion of Ferdia's compelling writing style
- How Lampo's character changes and grows in the novel
- The making of the audiobook that Ferdia narrated
- Parallels between Glorious Exploits and our own time
- Reading from Glorious Exploits
- Publication journey of Glorious Exploits
- One thing Ferdia learned from writing his novel that he didn't know before
Press Play now & be sure to check out Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels/glorious-exploits
Ferdia Lennon's website: https://www.ferdialennon.com/
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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