... not necessarily always "good- in the modern sense of the word. Despite the despicable act of killing her own children, Medea fulfills the definition of a tragic hero in the Sophoclean sense. Medea is presented from the start of the play in heroic terms. Her language and action, as well as the familiar frame in which they operate, mark her as a heroic character, one of those characters whose purpose was specific, ... would be huge and deadly. The epic poems [i.e., Homer's Iliad and Odyssey] do not really question Achilles' right to bring destruction on the Greek army to avenge Agamemnon'...

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... this magnitude from his wife. Medea would not have accompanied Jason on his journey, as Penelope did not accompany Odysseus in The Odyssey. Medea played an important role in her relationship with Jason, a role that never would have existed in true Greece. In Medea, the protagonist of the same name exhibits many qualities that violate Greek culture. For example, she is a barbarian. That is to say, ... to hold true to his principles. Ultimately, he brings Glaucon to the conclusion "in the administration of the State neither a woman as a woman, nor a man as a man has any special function, bu...

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