Discussion Of Gender Roles In Euripide's Plays
Euripides
Euripides was born in Athens, Greece, around 485 B.C. He was born to a wealthy family. He wrote dramatic plays and is suspected of writing 90 plays, but only 19 of those have survived. Euripides first competed with his plays in 455 B.C. and he won his first competition in 441 B.C. Aeschylus and Sophocles were another dramatist who came several years before Euripides. Sophocles won 18 competition and Aeschylus won 14 competitions while Euripides only won four competitions. Even though he won few competitions, he was much more popular than Sophocles and Aeschylus because his plays were portrayed to be more realistic and involved unconventional themes.
He was an extremely controversial playwright. He owned an extensive library and read …show more content…
Many of his plays depict characters who die because of their own downfalls, and not directly because of the gods. He would shock his male audiences by depicting women in strong positions and would question felinity in many of his plays.
Greek Theatre
They were performed in a large stadium that could hold roughly 14,000 people. To attend it cost about half a day’s salary and it was mostly men who attended. Almost all plays were performed with three actors and a chorus. Men played all parts in the story including female roles. Playwrights would usually present 3 tragedies during competition and a Satyr play.
Playwrights competed in annual dramatic festivals held in honor of the god Dionysus. It was believed that he could inspire man through wine and ecstatic frenzy, and he could endow man directly with divine creativity. Dionysus thus, came to be considered a patron of the arts.
The Bacchae
This was the last play that Euripides ever wrote. It was performed after he had passed away, probably by his sons, and took first in that competition. It is thought to be the greatest work in Greek tragedy as it has been frequently quoted and imitated by
Euripides was born in Athens, Greece, around 485 B.C. He was born to a wealthy family. He wrote dramatic plays and is suspected of writing 90 plays, but only 19 of those have survived. Euripides first competed with his plays in 455 B.C. and he won his first competition in 441 B.C. Aeschylus and Sophocles were another dramatist who came several years before Euripides. Sophocles won 18 competition and Aeschylus won 14 competitions while Euripides only won four competitions. Even though he won few competitions, he was much more popular than Sophocles and Aeschylus because his plays were portrayed to be more realistic and involved unconventional themes.
He was an extremely controversial playwright. He owned an extensive library and read …show more content…
Many of his plays depict characters who die because of their own downfalls, and not directly because of the gods. He would shock his male audiences by depicting women in strong positions and would question felinity in many of his plays.
Greek Theatre
They were performed in a large stadium that could hold roughly 14,000 people. To attend it cost about half a day’s salary and it was mostly men who attended. Almost all plays were performed with three actors and a chorus. Men played all parts in the story including female roles. Playwrights would usually present 3 tragedies during competition and a Satyr play.
Playwrights competed in annual dramatic festivals held in honor of the god Dionysus. It was believed that he could inspire man through wine and ecstatic frenzy, and he could endow man directly with divine creativity. Dionysus thus, came to be considered a patron of the arts.
The Bacchae
This was the last play that Euripides ever wrote. It was performed after he had passed away, probably by his sons, and took first in that competition. It is thought to be the greatest work in Greek tragedy as it has been frequently quoted and imitated by