Euripides

Raising a teenager can be tough. All the hormones flowing through their bodies and occasional mood swings are just a couple of the variables that makes it a task for parents raising adolescent teens in today’s society. The author and novelist Rachel Cusk covers her own view of this experience in the article “Mothers and teenagers: a modern tragedy” that initially appeared in The Times on April 5th, 2015. Rachel takes us through the struggle of having to raise her two teenage girls in their…

expression and the struggle it has brought along is as ancient as the history of censorship. The power of voice that it brought to the individual was held in high regards to the moral and political life of the population in the past. The playwright Euripides (480-406 B.C.) defended the true liberty of freed born men-- the right to speak freely. Nevertheless, he was careful to point out that free speak was a choice (Newth). Today, the acquisition of this choice has never been more precious. Using…

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. "Literature in Ancient Greece." Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition. Facts On File, 2005. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. As for science, literature did not exist as much. According to Adkins “Only a small amount of literature survives, including the names of over 370 playwrights, 44 complete plays, and titles and fragments of more than 1,600 other plays.” Greek literature commenced with poetry and was told as oral epic…

comes into Thebes, and it is clear from his tone that he does not approve of the Maenads’ mindset or Agave’s actions. He is surprised by the chorus’ response to the news of Pentheus’ death, so he asks them, “does my master’s anguish give you joy” (Euripides 67)? Unfortunately for him, the majority overwhelms his opinions…

Aristotle was a 4th century Greek philosopher known for his intellectual works on matters such as philosophy, ethics, history, and most famously Poetics. In Poetics, Aristotle discusses topics such as the elements of tragedy, the act of imitation, and catharsis, or purgation and cleansing of oneself through tragedy. Although only bits and pieces of his works have survived, his ideas and analysis on tragedy still ring true today and Poetics remains one of the most influential texts when it comes…

Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo. Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, and Dionysus are the Twelve Olympians. They're the main Gods and Goddesses of Greek mythology. The ancient Greeks fancied the Twelve Olympians. There are hundreds of gods, some are minor, and some are major. The Olympians are the major gods; they get the most praise and recognition from mortals. The minor gods are powerful but not as strong as the Olympians. Zeus was the youngest son of Kronos and Rhea,…

there is evidence that close relationships developed between female slaves and their mistresses. Given the relative seclusion of upper-class women in the private realm of their homes, many sought out confidantes in their slave girls. For example, Euripides ' tragic character of Medea confided her deepest feelings with her nurse, who both advised and comforted her in her troubled times. Furthermore, slaves always accompanied their mistresses on excursions outside of the home. Now in the future…

knee, which Christesen references a group of Spartan bronze statues, dated c.400 BC, featuring Spartan girls naked or wearing short tunics with items associated with either athletics or dance. This has been criticised in Athenian works such as Euripides’ Andromache, which Peleus attributes Helen’s abduction to Spartan women being able to interact with young men, wearing revealing clothes, and exercising as men do and thus should not expect Spartan women to be chaste. To ensure chastity,…

[In criminal law the most significant body in history is the Supreme Court. It is known as the “highest court in the land”. The landmark cases heard by the court are carefully chosen by the esteemed justices. The choices are usually based on cases where there are violations to an individuals’ Constitutional rights. In this paper, the fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments will be examined, and the safeguards they provide. In addition, how the amendments impact the juvenile and adult court in day to…

Medea is an Ancient Greek play written by Euripides, which is set in Corinth. Medea appears to be the heroine of the play (partially indicated by the fact that she is the eponymous character), which was uncommon in the time it was written; male characters were usually the protagonists. Medea is not native to Corinth or even Greece; her difficulty in conforming to Ancient Greek societal expectations is in fact a significant theme in the play: she is not Greek, she is not passive, she is not…