Euripides (~480-406 BC) - Ranked with Aeschylus and Sophocles as one of the
greatest Greek dramatists, he enjoyed the least success of the three. Known
even by the ancients as "the philosopher of the stage," he is admired today
for his belief in the individual and his keen insight into the human psyche.
Medea (431 BC) - Medea, a sorceress, plots her revenge against Jason, with
whom she had been romantically involved. Euripides' version of this Greek
myth is notable for its sympathetic treatment of the strange Medea.
