Euripides

Based on the conflict between Artemis and Aphrodite in Hippolytus, the conclusion which can be drawn is that the Greeks perceived their gods to be selfish, amoral, vengeful and petty, pursuing their own goals in disregard of the moral and responsible path and killing humans to attack the deities which favored said humans; the conflict between Demeter and the rest of the Olympian gods in Hymn to Demeter reinforces the notion that the gods did not care for mortals when solving conflicts between…

Medea’s Irrational Actions Explained by Bipolar Disorder In the play Medea by Euripides, Medea does many things that would be considered crazy. She seems to overreact in nearly every situation and is even willing to kill her own children in order to inflict pain upon her ex-husband, Jason. When reading the play, Medea can appear to be a complete lunatic, however, many of her actions could be explained by bipolar disorder. Medea displays many symptoms that are associated with bipolar…

A thrilling tangent right here is the connection that comedy has with the interactions between men and gods. Socrates’ relationship to the gods is specific. part of his conviction, corrupting the kids, stemmed from the unique accusation that he does no longer accept as true with within the Athenian gods and teaches this to youths, thereby corrupting them. Socrates’ dialogue of this results in the very interesting idea of daimonia, the “daimonic beings” which Meletus accuses Socrates of believing…

The importance of religion in a society can go to the extreme, but in some societies it is not taken to consideration. A society has its own culture and religion is part of that culture in which people follow. Personally, in my family’s culture the religion that we follow is Catholicism. The force and power religion can have is scary in the part where people think that everything they are doing has to deal with the religion they practice. Religion can be a dangerous and disruptive force in a…

resembles, the person himself. Even though the “masked” character visually appears and behaves similar to the original, those who are close to the doubted person do not right away grasp or accept that the two are the same individuals. In Helen, by Euripides, and Aura, by Carlos Fuentes, both husbands do not instantly recognize and believe that the women who appeared in front of their eyes are the long-lost wives they were seeking for. While Aura is different from Helen in that the author made…

Medea 's Conflict Between Duty and Freedom After failing to access the throne and bringing the king 's daughters to boil their father alive, Jason and Medea flee his hometown of Iolcus and settle in Corinth. When King Creon gives Jason the opportunity to be part of the royal family by marrying his daughter, Jason abandons his wife and children, leaving a betrayed Medea filled with rage and desire for revenge. Medea 's early feminism leads her to put the defense of her reputation ahead of her…

to present his case to the Aeropagus, an ancient court of elders, along with Athena as one of the judges. During the trial, Athena voted for his acquittal and the Erinyes were worshipped as the Eumenides (Kindly Ones) to satisfy both parties. In Euripides' play "Iphigenia in Tauris" in order to escape the Erinyes' persecutions, Orestes was ordered by Apollo to go to Tauris to carry off the statue of Artemis (fallen from heaven), and bring it to Athens. He went to Tauris with Pylades, they were…

friend. They believe maybe if she knew that someone was there for her maybe she would not do such crazy things. The Chorus says, “Go tell her/ that we are her friends. Please hurry!/ She’s raging- the ones inside may feel the sting of her sorrow” (Euripides 182-185). Medea’s Nurse replies to the Chorus and says, “I’ll do as you ask, but I fear my mistress/ won’t listen to be” (186-187). The Nurse knows that Medea will never listen to these women who are trying to stay by her side. The women are…

Sophocles was born 497/496 BC. He was a wealthy manufacture of amour. In 442 he served as a treasurer responsible for receiving and manage tribute money from Athens’ subject allies in the Delian League. Sophocles studied theatre arts in school. He gave up performing because of his relatively weak voice. Sophocles won at least 20 festival competitions, including 18 at the City of Dionysia. He also came in second many times and never had the ignominy of being voted third and last in competitions.…

In Euripides play, Medea, Medea struggles internally of whether she should kill her children or not before finally coming to a decision. After the death of the king and the princess, Medea is faced with the choice between killing her own children or sparing them. She continually tells herself that she can save them and run to Athens for safety. However, that would mean leaving them in Corinth in the hands of the enemies. In her mind, if the kids were to die, she wanted it done by her own hands.…