BARBARITY (WITH REFERENCE TO EURIPIDES" MEDEA AND CYCLOPS) I INTRODUCTION Euripides was the last of the three great Athenian dramatists, as well as the most controversial. ... This gulf between the rational, civilized Greek and the emotional, barbaric Greek can be seen with particular poignancy when studying Euripides" great tragedy, Medea, and also his satyr, Cyclops. ... II MEDEA One of the main themes in Euripides" Medea is the gender and cultural divide that is established between Medea and Jason. ... Instead, Euripides conveys his idea of the balanced lifestyle through the use o...

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