Euripides
Medea, The Bacchae
The most modern of the tragedians — skeptical, psychologically acute, and sympathetic to women and outsiders. Aristophanes mocked him; posterity preserved more of his plays than any other tragedian's.
Key works
- Medea431 BC— A woman's rage against betrayal
- The Bacchae405 BC— Dionysus and the destruction of reason
- Hippolytus428 BC— Desire, shame, and divine cruelty