Both Euripides' tragedy, Medea and Aristophanes' comedy, Lysistrata showcase women facing incredibly difficult situations at the hands of their husbands. Medea and Lysistrata both exhibited extraordinary strength in very different manners. ... Medea is faced with a horrific tragedy of her own. ... Medea has moved far away from her homeland and sacrificed much she feels for Jason. ... Medea's wrath was not complete. ...

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In Euripides" Medea, Medea is constantly talking about the conditions that women face in her time. ... Euripides Medea is one of the tragedies that shows a woman dominating the rest of the characters in the play. ... In Medea, as well as other plays, there is a sense of role reversals. ... Like Medea she is also driven by revenge. ... However in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, women seem to play a more dominate role. ...

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As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy, the great tragic poets Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros, in the thriving years of Alexandria and later on during the Roman domination, reached a beau ideal level and through the Romans managed to form Western Theater, from Renascence and thereafter. ... Of the more than 1000 tragedies written during that century, only 31 remain, all by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. ... As the...

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