Medea, a play by the greek playwright Euripides, explores the Greek-Barbarian dichotomy through the character of Medea. She is a princess from barbarian, or non-Greek, land of Colchis. Throughout the Play, it becomes evident to the reader that Medea is no ordinary woman by Greek standarts. In this...

There are eight steps a person must take to become a hero, most noticably an epic hero, in Greek Mythology.These eight steps are the call, the threshold, the challenges, the abyss, the transformation, the revelation, the atonement, and the return. The hero's invitation to adventure can lead to th...

In the begining, there was Chaos. From Chaos and Mother Earth came the first race of Greek deities, the Titans. These first gods were ruled by Saturn, who had received the prophesy that his son will over throw him. Well, he ate all his children save one, the one his wife, Mother Earth (Gaia) placed ...