... In the plays Medea, and Antigone, by Euripides and Sophocles, two women are portrayed as independent, stubborn individuals. Love between two people is clearly tested in each play. In the tragic play Medea, Medea's husband Jason betrays Medea and decides to marry a more beautiful, youthful woman. Medea and her children are then banished from Thebes. The play Antigone, portrays the bond between family members. The newly found ... those men were not to be disobeyed. Both Antigone and Medea stood up against this ridiculous trend. They knew in their hearts what was right, and regardless of w...

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... . The Greeks believed in polytheism which is the belief in many gods. They believed in gods such as Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Dionysus, Zeus, and many more (Oedipus 13). In Euripides, a goddess named Medea is described, and in Herodotus paragraph 14, the people bring sacrifices to Delphi. Many Greek gods are portrayed throughout these stories. The Hebrew God was omniscient, but Greek gods ... failed the people many times. The Lord created everything by Himself. In Genesis 1 the Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth", and "So ... ...

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