CLST 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Archelaus I Of Macedon, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Euripides

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 312
• Professor: Savelli

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Sources on euripides are: life of euripides by satyrus the paripatetic, 3rd c. bc, aristophanes comedies, in particular, the frogs, a very pointed critique of euripides. He did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)y i(cid:374)terest i(cid:374) politi(cid:272)al life. Father was an athenian from the tribe of fleia so euripides is often called a fleius: euripides" dad (cid:449)as a shop o(cid:449)(cid:374)er a(cid:374)d his (cid:373)other (cid:449)as a (cid:448)egeta(cid:271)le (cid:448)e(cid:374)dor. Ma(cid:374)y (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) euripides" plays a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t greek philosophy. Had two wives and they were both unfaithful so that was the reason he was upset with women and was an anti-feminist: one wife, corinne, betrayed him with a young slave. He had three children: one was a merchant, one was an actor, and the third was a poet. After euripides died, his third so(cid:374) (cid:894)also euripides(cid:895) represe(cid:374)ted his dad"s plays at the (cid:272)ity. Lived like a recluse in a cave in salamis.