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Medea electra author6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Some commentators go so far as to credit him with the birth of an early form of psychological drama.Įuripides’ characters often challenge divine wisdom, disrupt divine order, and face situations for which there are no easy answers in their attempts to make sense of their world. Like the other dramatists, Euripides drew his characters from the realm of myth and tales of epic heroism, but his protagonists are drawn on a more human scale. ![]() In his work, Euripides is not content to believe in the ultimate wisdom and goodness of the gods, and his heroes and heroines are not the almost superhuman figures that appear in other plays of the age. ![]() Compared to the work of Aeschylus and Sophocles-the only other writers of tragedies whose work has survived the millenia-Euripides’ plays treat the human side of the dilemmas they present in a way that still captures our imagination. Perhaps more than any of the other dramatists of the Greek classic age, Euripides appeals to modern audiences. ![]()
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