There is a lot of gossip surrounding the life and career of Euripedes. Actually that's maybe not too surprising considering he was born around 485BC somewhere in Athens.
Euripides had a love of truth so he made many of his characters confront personal issues, not just questions of state. In Hippolytus and The Bacchae he explores the thoughts of men attempting to deny their true selves such as sexuality or expressing their emotions.
Of the three great tragic poets of Greece, Euripides was by far the most modern. He brought realism in clothes, conversation and character to the Greek stage.…
