Medea Essay

The evidence to be discussed is that of Xenophon from his work The Economics, however there is no record of when it was produced. Xenophon was born in to a wealthy Athenian family in C.430BC and lived until 354BC. He participated in campaigns but was exiles from Athens in 394BC after fighting against them along side the Spartans. This therefore could affect his attitudes towards Athens however it is still an important piece of evidence concerning social history. In these particular verses…

women were pawns for improving the station of men. Women were a sort of middleman in terms of legacy: by marrying your daughter to a wealthy man, you could ensure that your grandchildren were born into a wealthy family as well. In Euripides’ play Medea, the character Jason leaves his first wife and son to marry a more powerful woman, the daughter of a king. Jason gives one of his reasons as a desire to improve the station of his children, as they would be born princes instead of paupers…

Introduction Sophocles’ Antigone is a tragedy written that was written in the 5th century, also known as the Golden Age of Athens as this was the period of an Athenian political hegemony over the rest of Hellas. During one of many Persian invasions, Thebes allied itself against Athens and lost alongside Persia. Though the story of Antigone was known in Hellas, Sophocles used it as a piece of propaganda, setting the story of a monarchic polis against the democratic city-state of Athens,…

Education and learning is often associated with institutionalised frames such as schools. There are many debates regarding whether the traditional school curriculum with its standard formats of textbook learning is the most inspiring and productive way for young people to learn. Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre created the Theatre in Education (TiE) movement in 1965, as an ‘educational outreach using theatrical performance and drama workshops to explore issues of cultural, social, political and moral…

The Divine Sacrifice Although it is believed that ancient Greeks did not practice human sacrifice, the concept itself occupied a large space of Greek drama, which raises questions about its meaning(s), function(s), and how it has contributed to the human-deity relationship in Greek Drama. Human sacrifice, as a thematic frame, is common within the works of the three Greek tragedians, who employ it as a mean to create a dilemma in their plays, add a layer of meaningful depth to the human death…

When a volcano erupts it is hard to comprehend the destruction and devastation that may occur with the event. In ancient times when there was no science to explain why a mountain would spew fire, rocks, and ash cultures look for an alternative justification. Many cultures came to the conclusion that the best way to explain such an event was through legends, myths, and stories. The gods and goddesses described in these tales would do things that would create an eruption, such as Pele the Hawaiian…

Background The conflict I chose to analyze was with my sister and also involved my brother. Basically, every Tuesday and Thursday morning my sister has class at 8 am and her and I share a car so we leave at 7 am. My brother leaves for high school at around 7:10 am. For the whole semester my sister and I have been getting late almost every Tuesday and Thursday and last week we made a plan that my sister wakes up the earliest, my brother at 6am, and I wake up at 6:30 am. However, every time, my…

Avalon is associated with Glastonbury Tor, which some legends say was once a magic island surrounded by water. Morgan is one of the three queens that takes King Arthur’s body to Avalon to heal. As a witch and healer, she is said to know the power of both healing and poisonous herbs. In Avalon, She presided over nine priestess’s who were prophetesses and healers. Avalon is known to have been an oracular center. Some believe that Avalon was a Druidic college for priestesses of women’s mysteries.…