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* VindicatedByHistory: His work was very divisive among his contemporaries due to his frequent subversion and deconstruction of established convention (he added a third actor on-stage) and unusually prominent female characters, not to mention frequently calling out his current government and culture for their treatment of women and minorities. In the modern times, he is often celebrated as one of the more-modern playwrights of his time, and his values seen as [[ValuesResonance more progressive than many of his contemporaries]].

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* VindicatedByHistory: His work was very divisive among his contemporaries due to his frequent subversion and deconstruction of established convention (he added a third actor on-stage) and unusually prominent female characters, not to mention frequently calling out his current government and culture for their treatment of women and minorities. His having eighteen-nineteen plays survive, compared to the seven each to Aeschylus and Sophocles, indicate that after his death Euripides was more popular than the playwrights he frequently lost to. In the modern times, he is often celebrated as one of the more-modern playwrights of his time, and his values seen as [[ValuesResonance more progressive than many of his contemporaries]].
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why did he feel the need write an AuthorTract about HumanSacrifice? Because the Celts were on the rise in Europe.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: According to Plutarch, after the Athenian invasion to Sicily failed, a lot of the captives were released for teaching the locals what they remembered from Euripides' plays.
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* VindicatedByHistory: His work is very divisive among his contemporary due to his frequency to subvert and deconstruct established convention and unusually prominence of female characters, not to mention frequently calling out his current government and treatment of women. In the modern time, he is the BreakoutCharacter and is considered one of the greatest playwriter.

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* VindicatedByHistory: His work is was very divisive among his contemporary contemporaries due to his frequency to subvert frequent subversion and deconstruct deconstruction of established convention (he added a third actor on-stage) and unusually prominence of prominent female characters, not to mention frequently calling out his current government and culture for their treatment of women. women and minorities. In the modern time, times, he is the BreakoutCharacter and is considered often celebrated as one of the greatest playwriter.more-modern playwrights of his time, and his values seen as [[ValuesResonance more progressive than many of his contemporaries]].
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* VindicatedByHistory: His work is very divisive among his contemporary due to his frequency to subvert and deconstruct established convention and unusually prominence of female characters. In the modern time, he is the BreakoutCharacter and is considered one of the greatest playwriter.

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* VindicatedByHistory: His work is very divisive among his contemporary due to his frequency to subvert and deconstruct established convention and unusually prominence of female characters.characters, not to mention frequently calling out his current government and treatment of women. In the modern time, he is the BreakoutCharacter and is considered one of the greatest playwriter.
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* VindicatedByHistory: His work is very divisive among his contemporary due to his frequency to subvert and deconstruct established convention and unusually prominence of female characters. In the modern time, he is the BreakoutCharacter and is considered one of the greatest playwriter.
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* LoveItOrHateIt: His work has this popularity to his contemporary. Avert in the modern time, where he is the BreakoutCharacter.

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* ValuesDissonance: The satyrs think nothing of gang-raping Helen. This is played for laughs.



* ValuesDissonance: The satyrs think nothing of gang-raping Helen. This is played for laughs.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Theatre/TheTrojanWomen'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old favorite Cassandra. The most prominent examples are Hecuba, Andromache and Helen who went from SatelliteCharacter to the lead in their titular plays

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His play ''Theatre/TheTrojanWomen'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old favorite Cassandra. The most prominent examples are Hecuba, Andromache and Helen who went from SatelliteCharacter to the lead in their titular playsplays.
** Believe it or not, he was considered a ''[[{{Irony}} misogynist]]'' according to his contemporaries.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra, Helen and Hecuba that would continue in their titular plays.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' ''Theatre/TheTrojanWomen'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra, old favorite Cassandra. The most prominent examples are Hecuba, Andromache and Helen and Hecuba that would continue who went from SatelliteCharacter to the lead in their titular plays.plays
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* LoveItOrHateIt: His work has this popularity to his contemporary. Avert in the modern time, where he is the BreakoutCharacter.
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* PeripheryDemographic: His plays are incredibly popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most famous tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.

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* PeripheryDemographic: His plays are incredibly popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} [[Theatre/{{Medea}} one of the most famous tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra as well as Helen and Hecuba that would continue in their titular plays.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra as well as Cassandra, Helen and Hecuba that would continue in their titular plays.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra in Theater/{{Agamemnon}} as well as Helen and Hecuba in their titular plays.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra in Theater/{{Agamemnon}} as well as Helen and Hecuba that would continue in their titular plays.
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* PeripheryDemographic: His plays are incredibly popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.

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* PeripheryDemographic: His plays are incredibly popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most famous tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra in Theater/{{Amagemnon}} as well as Helen and Hecuba in their titular plays.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra in Theater/{{Amagemnon}} Theater/{{Agamemnon}} as well as Helen and Hecuba in their titular plays.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' ''The Trojan Women'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.Cassandra in Theater/{{Amagemnon}} as well as Helen and Hecuba in their titular plays.
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* RescueFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.

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* RescueFromTheScrappyHeap: RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.
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* RescuesFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.

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* RescuesFromTheScrappyHeap: RescueFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.
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* RescuesFromTheScrappyHeap: His play ''Women of Troy'' did this to ''many'' of the (flat) background female characters of the Trojan war mythology while boosting up the popularity of old-favorites like Cassandra.
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* PeripheryDemographic: His plays are especially popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.

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* PeripheryDemographic: His plays are especially incredibly popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.
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* PeripharyDemographic: His plays are especially popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.

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* PeripharyDemographic: PeripheryDemographic: His plays are especially popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.
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* PeripharyDemographic: His plays are especially popular with women and especially feminists. Not surprising considering the fact that, unlike his contemporaries, his works consistently have women of all ages and social classes in major and meaty role with complex personality and relatable characters flaws. And of course, [[Theater/{{Medea}} one of the most tragic heroine]] is from one of his works.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Hera filling Herakles with a homicidal rage simply because he's one of Zeus' many bastard children.
** Atreus feeding Thyestes his [Thyestes'] own children.
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* CompleteMonster:
** The ''Cyclops''.
** While ''Thyestes'' is lost, Atreus would qualify in any version that could pass muster.
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* TheWoobie: This is Greek mythology. [[CrapsackWorld Woobies are [[HoldYourHippogriffs twenty an obolos]].

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* TheWoobie: This is Greek mythology. [[CrapsackWorld Woobies are are]] [[HoldYourHippogriffs twenty an obolos]].
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* TheWoobie: This is Greek mythology. Woobies are twenty an obolos.

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* TheWoobie: This is Greek mythology. [[CrapsackWorld Woobies are [[HoldYourHippogriffs twenty an obolos.obolos]].
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* ValuesDissonance: The satyrs think nothing of gang-raping Helen. This is played for laughs.

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* ValuesDissonance: The satyrs think nothing of gang-raping Helen. This is played for laughs.laughs.
* TheWoobie: This is Greek mythology. Woobies are twenty an obolos.
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* CompleteMonster:
** The ''Cyclops''.
** While ''Thyestes'' is lost, Atreus would qualify in any version that could pass muster.
* ValuesDissonance: The satyrs think nothing of gang-raping Helen. This is played for laughs.

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