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The Story Of Euripide's Cyclops
Written in 410 BCE, Euripides’s Cyclops is too antiquated to appeal to a modern audience. First of all, the vocabulary of Euripides’s Cyclops is not appropriated when compared to nowadays people's vocabulary, due to the fact that, over the centuries new slang terms appeared in the language. In addition, some of the expressions and words used at the play “Cyclops” cannot be understood by a modern audience. Secondly, written in 410 BCE, “Cyclops” influenced the lives of many people who believed in fate. However, nowadays, with the advance of science and technology the belief in fate and destiny reduced. Therefore, a high number of today's people wouldn't believe on the story “Cyclops” , justifying, in this way, why this story wouldn't appeal
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