Euripides

Historical evidence tells us that Tragedy was far more prominent and performed quite frequently during competitions and festivals in Ancient Greece. Although a comedy performance was not unheard of it was somewhat of a rarity and works from before 440BC are sadly lost to us today, making it harder to pinpoint or theorize on the evolution of comedic plays and comedy in ancient Greece theatre. Early indications of comedy can be found Athenian pottery with depictions of men dressed as animals and…

with witchcraft (Euripides, 31). When looking over the stories of Circe and Medea, it is clear that both of them have a connection with Hecate. They both are her children and have a basis in drugs but, Circe appears to be able to stand on her own power. Meanwhile Medea needs to have more support from Hecate to carry out her witchcraft and acts more as a priestess then a witch. Medea’s priestesshood is implied in most of the versions of her story and downright stated by Euripides and…

I examined the eponymous character’s monologue from Euripides’s dramatic play “Medea”, first performed in Athens in the fourth century B.C. This work serves to lay out the reasons for a woman in Ancient Greek society to resent her role in it. In discussing marriage, it speaks of the “excess of wealth” or dowry needed to be provided by a woman’s family in order for her to marry, the social cost of not marrying, and the husband’s control over his wife’s body. It then discusses a woman’s need to…

As we move from reference to the house of Argo in The family Reunion we arrive at the house of Admetus,The Cocktail Party has an allusion to the Greek myth of Euripides’ Alcestis in which, somebody should still die instead of Admetus .As it looks that, though Admetus asks his parents and then his close friends in search of somone who replaces him, all are reluctant to assume his role, until Admetus’s wife, Alcestis, heartily approves to do so, for two reasons first because she loves him and…

Medea is without a doubt one of the most powerful women in literature, redefining femininity in a male-dominated environment, becoming a symbol of passionate revenge in history. Author Euripides creates interchangeable roles as a relentless heroine and inversely as an immoral antagonist within Medea, making it difficult to pinpoint the exact source of her expansive power; regardless we see Medea’s protagonist, time and time again, rise above her oppressors in a display of her mighty influence…

Women in Ancient Greece lack the rights that the female gender have grown in to today. The men during this time are blatant about their sexism, expecting the women to remain submissive to their husbands, take care of the children and household duties, and be as modest as possible. There was no free-will involved as they were married off without a say and their lives consisted of them as the subservient wife. Dionysus changes this, taking the women as his worshipers, also known as his “Bacchae”.…

many Greek mythology stories, there are very few women that actually hold this standard. Majority of the women are portrayed to be the bad guy, instead of the perfect wife. This brings me to comparing and contrasting Medea from the Greek story ‘Euripides’ and Penelope from ‘The Odyssey’. Penelope’s love for Odysseus…

The Festival of Dionysus was an ancient festival held in Athens, Greece in which three poets wrote three tragedies and one satyr play that were to be judged in a competition (“Great Dionysia”). All the plays by one poet were witnessed in one day, so the competition was held over a span of three days (Gaines and Westersund). The festival was held in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry (“Great Dionysia”). 2. What is the role of the chorus? The chorus was a group that generally…

Jason of Medea and Creon of Antigone have many disastrous actions in common. Creon sentences Antigone to death for going against him (1. 380-386). Creon wants the death penalty for the female lead Antigone terribly. A death sentence for anyone can make them feel down or gloomy. It can result in hopelessness or suicidal tendencies. It can overall put a damper on things and make them feel put down. Similarly, Jason makes Medea’s spirits very low. Jason is given everything Medea can give in her…

victorious first places under his belt. As a result of, growing up wealthy and being taught by the best professors in Athens, Sophocles’ prolific writings were a tasteful improvement of his predecessor, Aeschylus and a stepping stone for his successor, Euripides. Sophocles is known to be born in 495 BC in the city of Colonus (Sophocles and Sophocles and His Tragedies). His father was a manufacturer of…