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Medea And Other Plays

Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking and horrific of al l the Greek tragedies. Dominating the play is Medea herself, a towering and powerful figure who demonstrates Euripides? unusual will ingness to give voice to a woman?s case. Alcestis, a tragicomedy, is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Chi ldren of Heracles examines the conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity and moral di lemmas. These plays show Euripides transforming the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.

• author: Eurypides