Euripides

Without a doubt Ancient Greece influenced nearly every aspect of western civilization, from our architecture and literature to even our system of governing. Western cultural continually glorifies Ancient Athens, even when it probably shouldn’t. Some scholars, like Victor David Hansen, claim that the Greek victory against the Persians saved western civilizations. But the question remains, did it really save western civilization? It’s important to keep in mind that all of this is pure speculation.…

The legal trauma of injustice committed by law was the result of societies narratives surrounding science and therefore evidence were taken more seriously than narratives of justice. The ability for the Crown to present their expert opinion and subsequent evidence as superior knowledge to that of other experts and evidence exhibits the limits of the legal system to consistently provide justice. The Crown attested that the circumstantial evidence “pointed overwhelmingly to Mr and Mrs…

underlying messages that are presented within the text. Similar to behavior the Greeks had subliminal messages within their plays, even if they were not there on purpose they sometimes questioned traditional values. Returning to the play Medea by Euripides. Although modern interruptions like to view Medea as this strong amazing woman, she hardly that. The women were regarded as a lower order of beings, neglected by nature in comparison with man, both in point of intellect and heart; incapable…

In putting together the piece that we performed before our friends and classmates, I believe that we did not consider the enormous task that lay before us. I think that we began the process with heedless optimism in our ability to create and successfully perform a show largely of our own creation; I know for my part I shared this optimism. However, looking back at the process as a whole I think that the problems in the final performance were mirrored throughout the development of production.…

Three Ancient Greek plays (Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles, and Medea by Euripides) share some common similarities including prophecy, tragic flaws, and death. These three similarities occur in all the plays, and they are closely related to each other, meaning, one leading into the next. All these similarities are motifs and can be seen throughout the plays. The first similarity the plays have in common is their use of prophecies. Prophecies foreshadow events that will happen later in the…

Groping For God: How the Greeks Anticipated the Coming of Jesus In John 12:20–21 we read about some Greeks who come to Philip and ask to see Jesus. Rumors and news about Christ have been circulating and these men are longing to make his acquaintance. The text says: “Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’” While we might think that this is somewhat surprising,…

upon explicit basic structural features which have evolved into what is seen in modern theatre. Although many of the structural features from its original founding have transformed, the basic rules needed to stage a production have not changed. Euripides’ Medea and Andrew Miller’s Death of a Salesman are plays from different times but the basic format and the roles needed to stage a production are quite similar. The roles of the playwright, the actor, the Director, the producer, and the…

Hecate Also known as Trivia in her Roman equivalent, Hecate is the goddess (previously a Titan) of magic, crossroads, moon, ghosts and necromancy whom is often depicted holding two torches and a key (torches may originate from her Titaness mother; Asteria as she was Titan of the Shining Light and often bore with her a torch). She bears a keen association with her cousin Artemis (Both of which refused marriage to remain under the title; “Virgin Goddess”. The association is further exemplified by…

Stephenie Meyer, author of The Twilight Series, once said “the right thing isn't always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else.” The play Medea, written by Euripides, is about a heartbroken woman who decides the best way to make her ex-husband feel the pain he caused inside her, is to kill his newlywed wife, his new father-in-law, and the children they both raised. In the play Medea, the author uses Medea’s twisted sense of justice to…

Greek and Roman authors describe female foreigners in almost diametric terms within the same works, creating a contradictory narrative. Due to Greek and Roman gender roles, women were meant to be subservient. To uphold cultural expectations for female characters, authors had to characterize them as weak. However, for the story to uphold cultural expectations regarding foreigners, the very same characters had to be described as violent and unstable. These opposing ideas lead to a dual view of the…