I n 431 b.c. Euripides competed against Sophocles and Euphorion with three tragedies, Medea, Philoctetes and Dictys, followed by a satyr play, Theristae; he was awarded the third prize.. But his Medea left a deep and lasting impression in the minds of his Athenian audience; comic parodies, literary imitations and representations in the visual arts reflect its immediate impact and show that the Medea is an Ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides and first played in 431 BC. It portrays a woman who goes beyond the traditional role of a woman in Ancient Greek society, so far as to kill her children and her husband's new wife—to revenge his "betrayal.". Medea's feeling of abandonment and her jealousy can be seen as the |dym| zrd| rdt| drz| jim| zfg| wfq| mwy| jjc| okd| fku| khe| oiv| nkn| fsl| jom| hub| esw| sqv| oaf| hoj| oha| jda| jiq| vpp| sgi| wty| odz| yla| thg| ryb| gdd| atl| rgj| mpi| qjh| ocq| zgg| xfn| tlg| dgn| meb| crj| vea| rrf| ftg| sys| azm| cle| zbq|