Euripides

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 (Euripides). He gave no concern to his wife, however, because women existed as objects in Athenian…

Latin, like it is the case of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Greek dramas were translated and reworked to be new Latin versions. One of the most famous Latin tragic poet of all time was Lucius Accius (170-86 BC), he wrote many tragedies inspired by Euripides (480-406 BC) and Aeschylus (525/524-456-455 BC) and was really admired by the Romans, notably by Cicero (106-43 BC), Horace and Velleius Paterculus (19 BC-31…

Nisurg Patel Humanities 2001 10/11/2014 Greek Assessment Although they were time frames apart, both Archaic Greeks and Classical Greeks shared vast similarities. While Archaic Greece and Ancient India could easily be a reflection of each other, the same could be said of the Classical Greek period. One of the most important traits retained by the Classical Greeks from their predecessors was the power of order. The elites in Archaic and Classical Greece devoted their lives to understanding the…

“Medea” is an Ancient Greek tragedy based written by Euripides, based on the myth of Jason and Medea. Tragedy is a type of drama that conveys a serious and dignified style about sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by an individual. Most definitions of tragedy that we use today come from some parts of the work “The Poetics” written by the philosopher Aristotle. In the simplest terms, Aristotle defined tragedy as a form of drama whose plot is centered on human suffering for the…

of god” or natural disaster. Force Majeure, a film by Ruben Östlund, provides the perfect example of the contract made in marriage not carried out when one of the main characters, Tomas, abandons his wife and children in the wake of an avalanche. Euripides’ play Medea also depicts a broken marriage contract when Medea’s husband Jason leaves his children and wife to marry a princess. The contracts spouses create when they become partners for life include spoken words in the vows exchanged, a…

It is one’s view of the world and of themselves that dictate the decisions that they make in their lives. Facts are indisputable, but people can draw different conclusions among others based on their own belief system and the information given to them. Then, their opinion on a situation will help them determine what is the “right” decision or action to make afterwards. In a universe filled of unanswered questions and unlimited possibilities, perception is everything. In Ancient Greece, many…

The Greek World The ancient Greeks laid the foundation for many aspects of today’s Western civilization. In philosophy, they embraced critical thinking and self-examination to answer age-old questions about human existence. The first school for higher education was founded by Plato in Athens. Politically, democracy became a new form of government that placed governmental power in the hands of common citizens. In literature, they wrote poems, plays, historical, and educational documents.…

In Classical Greek Literature, there are a set of guidelines created by Aristotle that are used to dictate if a piece of Literature is a true Greek Tragedy. These rules mainly apply to the hero character and are in place to maintain a feeling of realism with in the piece. Aristotle believed that the literature must contain peripety meaning a change in state usually occurring in the main character from the beginning to the end, as well this main character must have a discovery and pass from…

Revenge is present in all three Greek plays; however, revenge is presented in differing forms. It both Antigone and Medea revenge is a repercussion of the royal fíat, but vengeance in Oedipus Rex is sought by the gods, and causes Oedipus’s fíat. In order to get revenge for the Laius (late king of Thebes), the gods sent a plague to the kingdom of Thebes, as an incentive to urge Oedipus to investigate Laius’s death. Creon travelled to Pytho, as a messenger for Oedipus, to speak to the oracle and…

De Coulanges used references and sources that range from Euripides to Plutarch, Virgil to Cicero, and many more ancient historians and philosophers. De Coulanges used these sources to help support his descriptions of what life was like for the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans in the mid-BC era (ranging from approximately…