Medea Summary
Euripides

Medea by Euripides Euripides (485-406 B.C.) is regarded as one of the greatest of classical tragedians. Creator of more than ninety plays (although less than twenty are available in complete form),... Read more

Biography EssayOf the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles).... Read more

Of the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen, in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles). His plays are... Read more

In The Great Mother, Erich Neumann attempts to provide a structural analysis of the archetype. He states in the preface that not only does it "provide the foundation for all psychotherapy," it also p... Read more

How we as humans always find a way to create conflict, is beyond me. It seems that conflict is inevitable, whether it's with yourself, or someone else, but it is comforting to realize that it has bee... Read more

Euripides portrayal of women in his plays has been somewhat bizarre. His female characters kill out of revenge, kill out of jealousy and kill because a god possessed them too. In Alcestis and Andromac... Read more

The scenes of violence in Euripides play "Medea" contributes greatly to the overall meaning of the work. During the era of the ancient Greeks, women were oppressed and forced to be subordinate to men,... Read more

In Medea an essential character is the chorus of Corinthian women. They help obtain Euripides' truly genius paradox of achieving empathy from the readers for a mother who sheds her own children's blo... Read more