Euripides

Fyodor's three legitimate sons reminds me in different ways of many of the voices from the great conversation. Dmitri: Plato's Republic (the three aspects of the soul); Aristotle's Ethics (virtue and vice); Sophocles’ Oedipus the King (patricide); Euripides’ The Bacchae (the table and the bed). Ivan: Plato's Republic (the three aspects of the soul); Aristotle's Ethics (virtue and vice); Aristophanes’ Birds (longing for a better city); Augustine, The City of God (the cleaving of the soul).…

“When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state” – Euripides. Shakespeare’s Macbeth portrays a man with a great desire for power- a man whose actions cause disorder in the intertwined natural and human worlds. Macbeth is thought to be a “valiant [soldier] […] [and] worthy gentleman” (1.2.26), whom for his loyalty to Scotland gets promoted to the Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan. Furthermore, Macbeth is told of his future reign as king by the three Weird…

Julius Caesar is one of the tragedies of three books before the beginning of the sixteenth century. However, more than four-historical tragedies Hamlet Shakespeare's great, Prince of Denmark (public relations. C. 1600-1601, a barrel 0.1603), Othello, the Moor of Venice (PR 0.1604, a barrel 0.1622), Macbeth (... .. PR 1606, PB 1623), and King Lear (public relations c 1605-1606, PB 1608) -being drawn in large part from the translation of Sir Thomas North idiomatic fantastic from Plutarch Bioi…

The constant battle of good versus evil has been waged a lot throughout time. The characters Medea and Josephs’s brothers have established a lot of similarities and differences within their own stories. Even though Medea and Joseph's brothers did hateful things out of spite and want to justify it, they can't. Greek and Hebrew culture are very different and show many unique aspects of living. Family members can deceive you and similarities of free will and self-determination play a big role with…

In Medea by Euripides, Medea tricks the King of Corinth into letting her remain in the city for one more day. Suspicious of Medea’s intentions for his family, King Creon exiles Medea and her two sons from Corinth. Upon being told this, Medea throws herself to his feet and beseeches to have one day to collect herself and the kids. To her delight, the King grants her request. Although the King thought he was doing her kind, he instead was ensuring his daughter’s and his own demise. In the quote,…

While reading the works of Homer, paying close attention the Books I, VI, XVI, XVIII, XXII, and XXIV of The Iliad and as well as Medea by Euripides. A lot of the characters from both books are real people from Greek Mythology. In The Iliad, Homer describes the characters in great details, with stories that entwined with their lives. Achilles, a mighty warrior in the Achaean Army, who has superhuman strength and a close relationship with the Gods, Hector, a son of a king, who is the mightiest…

Greek city states were united under Athens leadership in Delian League. It was founded in 478 BC aiming to continue the war against Persian Empire. The League was dissolved upon the Peloponnesian War conclusion in 404 BC. Formation of such league marks the Golden Age of Athens. Such league also was successful since that it united a large number of city stets creating also a common finance of league members. Many achievements were made during this age in architecture, drama, philosophy). Examples…

Ancient Greece Reading Challenge: 5.2 Required Reading: Ancient Greece: 1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen: A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government.…

All tragic heroes must exhibit a tragic flaw. In Medea, Jason and Medea share a common tragic flaw—selfishness. Because of Medea’s devotion to loving Jason many years ago, she left her family and her home to follow him, even killing her own brother. This begins Medea’s lifestyle of thinking of no one but herself. In following with Jason and Medea’s story, Jason leaves Medea to marry Megareus because he desires to marry into a royal family instead of Medea’s barbaric lifestyle. His…

history, with their research including archaeology, documents, and literature. In the 5th century, this sense of patriarchal dominance was no different in Greece than anywhere else in the world, but two Greek scholars in particular, Sophocles and Euripides, decided that in their writings, they would use female characters to play the protagonist as a way of challenging societal norms. These famous Greek authors use that method with their works, Elektra and Antigone, which not only represent…