The Theme Of Revenge In The Odyssey By Euripides

the writer of the Odyssey and Euripides is the writer of Medea. Homer is a Greek poet. Euripides is one of the best Athenian play writers and poets of the Greeks. They both were philosophers in their society. No one is really sure how long Homer lived for. Some say Homer lived from 750 BC all the way to 1200 BC. Euripides was alive from 485 B.C. to 406 B.C. No one really knows the exact location of Homer’s birth but some would say he lived on the coast of Asia Minor. Euripides lived in Athens, Greece

Euripides Support of Women’s Rights       One can hardly deny that in Euripides’ plays women are often portrayed as weak, uncertain, and torn between what they must do and what they can bring themselves to do.  Other women appear to be the root of grave evils, or simply perpetrators of heinous crimes.  In a day when analysis of characters and plot had yet to be invented, it is easy to see why he might have been thought to be very much against women.  However, when looking back with current

The “Medean” Hillbillies Euripides’ Medea is classified an ancient Greek tragedy. However, this story is much more than a tragedy. The story of Medea is one that definitely grabs the reader’s attention through both its text and its themes. The themes that the story of Medea presents are very practical and still continue to exist in humanity today. The three largest and most obvious themes that a reader is most likely to find and relate to while reading Medea are revenge, manipulation and passion

Kathleen: Our play was the tragedy Hecuba which was written by Euripides in 424 BC, 7 years after the beginning of the Peloponnesian and Archidamian War which was fought between Athens and Sparta. Euripides was an Athenian who was born around 485BC on the island of Salamis which is off the coast of Piraeus. He competed several times in Athens’ annual City Dionysia, which, as we know, was a dramatic festival held in honour of Dionysus. This means that the majority of his audience would have been Athenians

There are lots of myths and legends of ancient Greek hero Orestes who have been widely discussed and appreciated throughout the history. From the Homeric poem The Odyssey to a more recent Greek film The Traveling Players (1975), Orestes both represents an example for vengeance of homicide. However, while the former regards Orestes’ revenge as a totally justifiable and glorious deed and sets him as a prototype for Telemachos to take on the journey in search of news for his wandering father, the latter

Medea: Essay “Medea” is a tragedy piece written by Euripides in Ancient Greece based on Medea’s revenge against Jason for leaving her for another woman. Greek literature is known for influencing other cultures around the world and introducing genres as poetry like drama, comedy, and tragedy to the world. “Medea” can be known from the Classical era, which focused mainly on tragedies from Euripides and Sophocles. The purpose of the works back then was not only to entertain them but inform them and

Greek Mythology  I  INTRODUCTION  Temple of Apollo at Didyma  The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey (about 300 bc). The temple supposedly housed an oracle  who foretold the future to those seeking knowledge. The predictions of the oracles, delivered in the form of riddles,  often brought unexpected results to the seeker. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high, these ruins  suggest the former grandeur of the ancient temple.  Bernard Cox/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York 

ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus, founder of Thebes, and the father of Laius, whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother, Jocasta, as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore, Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes, a powerful city-state north of Athens