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Greek Theatre History

Euripides was born outside of Athens, Greece and as some say, was destined from the beginning to be a misunderstood poet. He was a pacifist, free thinker and a humanitarian in an age when such things were overshadowed by intolerance and violence. He was an "out of the box" type thinker; he forced his characters to confront personal and social issues as opposed to the typical questions of state.
Euripides was often the butt of many jokes, saying he was an easy target would be an understatement. He was a strange little man who secluded himself in a cave on an island reading book after book for entertainment. Not to say he never had friends, he did, but sadly they were all banished and murdered for their liberal views, as Euripides would have been, but he was saved by a technicality. His characters would expose the evils of society and state their risky liberal views, not him.
Euripides most famous works of his 92 plays included Trojan woman, The Cyclops and......

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