... , through their functions in the family and religion respectively. Their non-appearance in politics, however, signified that their beneficence to the city-state could well be overlooked by men. One heroine in a fragmentary tragedy by Euripides, Melanippe, energetically expresses this judgement in a famous speech condemning men who besmirch women: "Empty is the slanderous blame men place on women; it is no more than ... Delphi we propound the will of Apollo, and at the oracle of Zeus at Dodona we reveal the will of Zeus to any Greek who wishes to know it." Euripides portrays his heroine M...

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... to their man, had influence on their man, and were recognized by others. To support Foley's statement, the works of Euripides, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed in Medea, a passage from The Republic, and a passage form Politics, respectively. Medea tells the story of a divorced woman who enacts revenge on her ex-husband by murdering everyone he cares about in order to ruin his life. To ... begin with, the background of Medea is quite intriguing. In previous tales, Medea accompanied, was not kept ... your marriage-day/ Will end with marriage lost, loathing and horror left For it is...

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