Who wrote plays about the Athenians' treatment of women, including Medea, Electra, and The Trojan Women? Sophocles Aeschylus Aristophanes Euripides

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Alice Trevino

17 June, 14:42

Who wrote plays about the Athenians' treatment of women, including Medea, Electra, and The Trojan Women? Sophocles Aeschylus Aristophanes Euripides

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Aisha Durham · Answer 1

Euripides

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Cheyanne · Answer 2

Euripides

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Euripides, the ancient Greek play writer, has written a few plays about the lives and treatment of women in ancient times.

Some of them are

The tragedy "The Trojan Women" (also known as " The Women of Troy") talking about the fates of women who lived in Troy during the war and who were enslaved. Some of the women are Hecuba, Andromache, and Cassandra Tragedy "Medea" based on the myth of Jason and his wife, Medea. She is one of the most tragic Greek characters who are famous for taking vengeance on her husband by killing him and their children. "Hecuba" that talks only about her faith after the Trojan war, her grief for the daughter and murder of her son. "Helen" about the famous Helen of Troy, a story through which Euripides critiqued the war and the evil it causes "Electra", a tragedy and one of the few play retelling of the myth of the famous Greek heroine.