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Three Different Views Of Women In Grecian Society The role of women in ancient Greek life was considered to be insignificant compared to that of Greek men. However, in tragedies, women were frequently written as master(prenominal) reference works, revealing insights on how women were treated and thought of in society. Many noted Greek plays contain numerous well-written, multifaceted, female characters. Each female character takes upon herself, the role of villain, the role of victim, and the role of heroine. Euripides (485-406 BC) is considered to be the most socially overcritical of all the ancient Greek tragedians. The Trojan Women (415 BC) has long been considered a newly artistic depiction of the Trojan War and a penetrating word picture of the barbaric deeds of Euripides own countrymen, the Athenians, towards the women and children of the people they conquered in war. Due to the accompaniment of similarities between authors Aeschylus and Euripides, writing in the same p lace and time, one oftentimes make the mistake of presuming their stance are the same on the finicky subject. It would be a mistake to expect Aeschylus Agamemnon and Euripides Medea to express identical views on the subject each author had a distinctive way. The opinions of these two writers on this subject are in fact different. Aeschylus plays revolved around ethics, and commonly he presented as impartially as possible, by asking the audition to judge the ethical questions for themselves. Agamemnon is not actually about Agamemnon as more as is about Clytemnestra, his wife. Aeschylus has created a woman, with whom his audience could sympathize, and whose pain felt trustworthy to them. This was no small attempt, bearing in mind the fact that in ancient Greece women were looked same as slaves. Euripid... ...?_lang=EN&lah=48193ae191c5dd06a6a177c47e15b633&lat=1052392158&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2echuckiii%2ecom%2fReports%2fEnglish%2fWomens_Roles_in_Aeschylus_and_Euripides%2e shtml) bring up http//64.4.22.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=b755bb350329eac38d5b9297bafdc29b&lat=1052392857&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ericheast%2eorg%2fhtwm%2fGreeks%2fothers%2ehtml http//64.4.22.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=73c7bc41a2e9d127b33cd8a919e534a9&lat=1052393201&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2estoa%2eorg%2fdiotima%2f http//64.4.22.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=b740ba77c9dd0c6ed422cffbb095b5d3&lat=1052393201&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fusers%2eox%2eac%2euk%2f%7eoucds%2fperl%2fview%2epl%2fdefault%2ehtml http//ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase.html http//www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmAntigone10.asp http//digital.library.upenn.edu/women/eagle/congress/congress.html