Melissa Funke
Classicist and scholar specializing in Euripidean drama and fragmentary literature, author of academic work on gender in Euripides and contributor to projects like Peopling the Past.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 22min
BONUS RE-AIR Conversations: The Missing Women of Euripides, Fragments w/ Dr Melissa Funke
Dr Melissa Funke, a classicist who studies Euripides and fragmentary drama, joins to explore lost plays and why fragments survive. They talk about new papyrus finds, strange Euripidean plots, motherhood and pregnancy outside marriage, patterns of assault and recognition, theatrical performance clues, and debates over whether Euripides can be seen as proto-feminist.
