Once again this week Greece seemed to be on the brink of crashing out of the euro with its banks on the verge of collapse. Whatever the outcome of talks with the country’s creditors, the fundamental problems concerning monetary integration remain In Aeschylus’ Oresteia, now playing at London’s Almeida Theatre, one incident, the abduction of Helen by Paris to Troy, sets off a chain of disasters – not just the 10-year long Trojan War, but the gruesome repercussions back home. While watching a very modern version of this Greek tragedy last week, one could not help thinking from time to time of the modern, real-life drama being played out in European capitals over the future of Greece’s relations with the rest of Europe. In this case, the one incident was the or