Euripides

also known as ‘old English’. The epic poem was officially written down in 700 BC, providing historical knowledge that reflects the early medieval Anglo-Saxon culture: pride, glory, and self achievement. Approximately 300 years later, Heracles by Euripides was performed. A tragedy telling the aftermath of Heracles twelve trials reflects the philosophy and culture of ancient Greece. Both heroes are examples of great warriors, forced through obstacles that utilize the philosophies of humanism and…

Euripides’ Bacchae is built on creating and exploring binary oppositions. A central opposition, sanity and madness, forces the reader to evaluate each character’s actions and motivations to judge them as sane or insane. By making these judgments, the readers assign different values to each character based on beliefs that they have acquired and cultivated since their early development and are affected by society and surroundings throughout their lives. For example, “good” values correlate with…

audience vividly observes various social views as expressed by the playwrights. The play, Medea, by Euripides, is no exception. Similar to other playwrights, Euripides uses the theater as a channel to express his social views to other Greeks. Euripides ' play Medea functions as a social commentary to convince the Greeks that their view on the demeaning social status of women is flawed. Euripides uses the belittlement of women in Greek society as an indication of gender inequality,…

Within Euripides Iphigenia at Aulis, and Seneca’s Medea, a variety of atrocious acts take place, sparing no violence and certainly no mercy. Although Seneca and Euripides hail from much different time periods, many parallels can be drawn between the atrocious acts depicted within their works. While the scenarios that lead up to the atrocious acts that take place within Medea and Iphigenia at Aulis differ, many similarities can be found between both antagonists. In addition to the similarities,…

In Medea, Euripides uses character to develop the theme of marriage and shows how a lopsided marriage can be disastrous. Medea has “her heart on fire with passionate love for Jason” (1). Her impulsive nature leads her to sacrifice everything, including her family and homeland, in order to be with Jason. However, she soon realizes that Jason was not the man she thought he was, when she is soon struck with bitter grief and betrayal. Jason’s disloyalty is shown when Euripides states, “Jason has…

Pelops and other mythological characters on the “how” they are to behave, according to Greek myths and the divine laws, values, and morals that connect and disconnect with culture norms. The myths I will be pulling are from, The Mycenaean Saga, Euripides, Electra, Sophocles…

There were three great tragedians in Greek Society: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. (1) Sophocles’s works were between Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles had written 123 plays during his life is the information we can get from Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia. However, only seven of the plays were completely being saved. One of the plays that were being saved is Oedipus at Colonus, which was the last play Sophocles wrote. (2) Sophocles’s life experiences had influenced how he wrote his…

Medea remains a highly controversial work of literature because through it, Euripides seems to be making a statement about women in general, but his stance on women and feminism remains unclear. Euripides’s complex portrayal of Medea suggests both positive and negative aspects of women. He depicts Medea as a clever, manipulative, daring, dangerous, powerful woman. Using this technique, he puts women in a positive light, by suggesting that they are clever and powerful; on the other hand, he gives…

Euripides’ The Cyclops is a work that involves two very different worlds coming together and influencing each other. Odysseus's world, full of commotion, order and action clashes with the land Mt.Etna which has no government, no people and life is very simplistic. When Odysseus and his men arrive on the island and meet Silenus, they are fascinated to hear Silenus tell them “The land is sullen. There is no dance” (Eur.Cycl. 124). Dance in this quote can relate to civilization and aspects…

4. Well Euripides does not state why Jason starts to actually care for him but I have an idea why. He was not too worried because he believed that they would be taken care of by their mother and later by him when he states on lines 668-672, “ I want to raise them in the proper way, one worthy of my house, to have brothers for the children born from you, and make them 670 all the same. Thus, with a united family I might prosper” Jason is saying…