Inspirations. The Iliad and the Odyssey (by Homer), Pindar’s odes, Oedipus Rex and Antigone (by Sophocles), Medea (by Euripides), Cyrano de Bergerac (by Edmond Rostand), Metamorphoses (by Ovid, specifically Philomela and Procne in Book VI), Sappho’s poems, Histories (by Herodotus), Bibliotheca (by Apollodorus), On Nature (by Parmenides)

Character Art. Irmak Sirer (with Midjourney)

Preferred Actor. Joaquin Phoenix (Alternatives: Michael Sheen, Gael García Bernal, Javier Bardem, Oscar Isaac, Mark Ruffalo)

Setting. Thylea