Euripides
- Writer
- Composer
Born on Salamis island around 484 BC, Euripides is considered the first
professional writer in Athens. His dramas evolve around human passions
and his interest lies in strong feelings of love, hate and revenge.
Often also the gods themselves share the same low moral standards as
the humans do. In several of his plays women take leading parts,
"Medea" is probably the most famous. He also stressed the importance of
the dialogue and lessened the the influence of the choir. Of his around
90 plays, 18 plays remain, the rest are lost or only known in
fragments.
