The evolving theme of an individual's weakness and subsequent downfall supports the Greek's democratic system, where no individual becomes too powerful. ... She is foreshadowing the theme of the story and Euripides is voicing his message plainly through her. ... His first wife, Medea, is a powerful woman who has no place to go, so she becomes desperate. ... Even now I know that I am making a mistake," he says (Euripides, The Medea, 332-330). ... He lies and says that he is remarrying for the good of Medea and the children, so that they too may be royalty. ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. The Hellenic period, also called the "classical period, lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted ...

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