Although a number of inherent similarities are pointed out, the writer defines Lysistrata as a comedy and Medea as a tragedy. Medea, in contrast, ultimately used violence in an attempt to prove her point. Bibliography lists 2 sources. A five page paper looking at Euripides' classic play in terms of the way he characterizes the title character, Medea. The paper suggests that Medea is depicted as a barbarian because her unfeminine and savage behavior violated Greek norms, and Euripides' audiences would have been unable to conceive that she was anything like them.
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A nine page paper looking at the role of the gods in perpetrating the violence that occurs in the works of these three classical authors. Specific works discussed are Homer s Iliad, Sophocles Oedipus Rex, and Statius Thebiad. Bibliography lists 13 sources.