Greek
Euripides was the youngest of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, known for his psychological realism and sympathy for society's outsiders, author of Medea, The Bacchae, and many other plays.
Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE) was the last of the three great Athenian tragedians, after Aeschylus and Sophocles, and the most modern in sensibility. More of his plays survive than those of his predecessors combined.
His tragedies — including Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and Electra — are distinguished by their psychological depth, their questioning of the gods and conventional morality, and their sympathy for women, slaves, and other marginalized figures. He often portrayed the destructive power of passion and the suffering of the vulnerable.
Euripides profoundly influenced later drama, and his searching, humane, and often unsettling plays continue to be staged and studied across the world.
by Euripides
Jason abandons Medea, his wife and the mother of his children, to marry the Corinthian princess. Medea, a foreigner and sorceress, takes revenge — poisoning the princess, and killing her own children to destroy Jason utterly. Euripides gave Medea her choice where earlier versions made it accidental.
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