About the Author
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BACCHAE, HELEN, AND MEDEA.
WHO IS EURIPIDES?
THIS CIVILIZATION MADE TRAGEDY INTO ART.
WHO WERE THE GREEKS?
THIS CITY WAS WHERE TRAGEDIES WERE PRODUCED AS PART OF A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL.
WHAT IS ATHENS?
THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN THAT JASON AND MEDEA HAVE.
WHAT IS TWO BOYS?
THE VENGEFUL WIFE OF ZEUS AND GODDESS OF MARRIAGE.
WHO IS HERA?
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF EURIPIDES'S PLAYS THAT EXIST TODAY OUT OF NINETY TWO.
WHAT IS EIGHTEEN?
THE ENDING FOR THE HERO IN A GREEK TRAGEDY.
WHAT IS DOWNFALL, USUALLY ENDING WITH DESTRUCTION OR DEATH?
A GROUP OF ACTORS THAT MOVE AND SING TOGETHER, ACTING AS ONE CHARACTER.
WHAT IS THE CHORUS?
THE ITEM THAT JASON STOLE, SENDING THEM INTO EXILE.
WHAT IS THE GOLDEN FLEECE?
A FAMOUS GREEK HERO HELPED BY MEDEA AND KNOWN FOR HIS STRENGTH.
WHO IS HERACLES/HERCULES?
IT IS THE LOCATION IN WHICH EURIPIDES WROTE MOST OF HIS PLAYS.
WHAT IS THE CAVE OF EURIPIDES, LOCATED ON SALAMIS ISLAND?
WHAT EMOTIONS ARE AROUSED BY GREEK TRAGEDY?
PITY AND FEAR, WONDER AND AWE.
WHAT ACTORS IN A GREEK TRAGEDY WORE.
WHAT ARE MASKS WITH BUILT-IN MEGAPHONES AND PLATFORM SHOES?
THE PERSON THAT MEDEA SACRIFICED TO AID JASON IN HIS JOURNEY.
WHO IS HER BROTHER, ABYSTRUS?
THE TITAN CONNECTED TO THE SUN, AND GRANDFATHER OF MEDEA.
WHO IS HELIOS?
EURIPIDES'S FIRST DRAMA COMPETITION, IN WHICH HE GOT THIRD PLACE.
WHAT IS THE DIONYSIA?
THIS BRINGS A HERO TO DISASTER IN GREEK TRAGEDY.
WHAT A SINGLE FLAW IN A CHARACTER (THE TRAGIC FLAW)?
THE PART OF A GREEK PLAY USUALLY CHANTED (OR SUNG) IN UNISON.
WHAT IS THE CHORAL ODE?
THE WOMAN WHO JASON LEAVES MEDEA FOR.
WHO IS GLAUCE?
THE ORIGINAL WITCH IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, AUNT OF MEDEA.
WHO IS CIRCE?
BY USING STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS, INTELLIGENT SLAVES AND SATIRICAL HEROES, EURIPIDES DID THIS.
WHAT IS WRITING PLAYS UNCOMMON FOR HIS TIME?
A HORRIBLE TRUTH THAT LEADS TO RELEASE.
WHAT IS CATHARSIS?
THE GREEK WORD FOR ACTOR.
WHAT IS HYPOKRITES?
WHAT MAKES MEDEA DIFFERENT AND POWERFUL.
WHAT IS THE FACT THAT SHE IS A WITCH?
THE LONG LOST SON OF AEGEUS, A GREAT HERO WHO RETURNS HOME AND CHALLENGES MEDEA.
WHO IS THESEUS?