POLI 2P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cindy Sheehan, Euripides, Dionysia
3 Nov 2015
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Is thucydides showing the darker side of human nature. What he states in his writing is actually what destroys athens and he knows this. Strong do as they will, stab someone before they stab you. Our politicians are stuck in this delusion that a little pressure will get enemies to do as you want. Ex/ syria (russia and usa are testing each other) By pushing right violent levers allows us to control violence. Euripides (480-406 bce) wrote approximately 92 plays; won great dionysia 5 times. Demythologizes mythical heroes, showing their common humanity. Along with homer and demosthenes he becomes a standard part of education in the. Trojan women is performed (415 bce) less than a year after the invasion of melos; doesn"t win first. Is this treason? ( assists an enemy at war ) Not popular probably because may people were participating in slave trade of women of.
