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were of
Language in
characters
Tragedy is embellished because the events
/
are
larger than life.
men
situation mightsausfy
our human sensibilities butwould not
far-
-
into bad
fortune not through
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dramas.
pearean
chorus:
interacting with the actors and also
providing a
chovies
contemporary of Aeschylus, introduction masks.
-
of
Phrynichos -
inventing the tetrameter verse form and also introducin
female characters within
his dramas.
&
us.
sophistic
"Sophists"unorthodox, radical change. Too experimental.
more intellectual than contemporaries, predecessors and successors.
Jason
was
Medea seeks shelter Athens.
in Her name,
already in the
my (s.
century
7th BCEearliestmentions in the work the ele-
of
gial poetminer
us
The golden fleece was in the custody ofKing Aletes who was Medea's
father. She helps him get the fleece by going behind her father's
back.
She falls in love with Jason and decides to follow him as her compat
nion.