Discuss the life and works of Euripedes

There is a lot of gossip surrounding the life and career of Euripedes. Actually that's maybe not too surprising considering he was born around 485BC somewhere in Athens. Euripides had a love of truth so he made many of his characters confront personal issues, not just questions of state. In Hippolytus and The Bacchae he explores the thoughts of men attempting to deny their true selves such as sexuality or expressing their emotions. Of the …

…the older dramatists wouln't have dared to say. Even though he wrote about 90 plays, he was ignored by the judges of the Greek festival because his thoughts and opinions on issues were not the same as theirs. However his popularity with the public grew incresingly in the later years of his life. He was a truly democratic poet, who came down to the people's level and spoke their thoughts in a manner they could understand.