Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy
- Written by Paul Salmond, Honorary Associate, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University
Anselm Feuerbach's depiction of Medea, circa 1870: the play is particularly cogent today in the context of the #MeToo movement’s assault on patriarchal power.Wikimedia CommonsThe Athenian poet Euripides was the last of the three great Greek tragedians (after Aeschylus and Sophocles) and also the least successful.
Greek tragedies were...





