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Mythical Barbarians - Coggle Diagram
Mythical Barbarians
The amazons
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Seen wearing pointed hats, tunics, trousers, leopard skins
Weapons consist of bow and arrow, battle axe, spears and swords
Respected as warriors, Homer describes them as “the equals of men”
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Medea
the plot
medea is married to Jason, who marries a younger woman
medea comes up with a plan to get revenge on Jason which involves killing glauce (his new bride) and her father king creon
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characterisations
jason
to a modern audience, seen as smug and unsympathetic
To an ancient audience, may have been less negative views
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context
performed in 431 BC, in the first year of the peloponnesian war, 50 years since the battle of salamis
the kings are presented as weak and sympathetic, as Athens was a democratic state
Medea is smart and comfortable with deception, posing a threat to an Athenian audience
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gender and barbarians
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The nurse expresses more Greek views, that a woman should not cross her husband
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