Revengeful Medea vs. Retaliatory Lysistrata At the roots of revenge is pain and suffering which can cause a number of reactions according to the person and situation. Retaliation is another method used to take vengeance against someone who has harmed you. Yet, how can revenge and retaliation be distinguished from each other? Euripide’s Medea and Aristophane’s Lysisitrata can help to answer that question. In order to find out which of the two “problem …showed first 75 words of 1429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1429 total…act of murdering the children, without her children and without a chance of achieving peace of mind and happiness. Medea’s fate is left somewhat unclear by the chorus at the end saying, “Zeus in Olumpus is the overseer of many doings. Many things the God achieves beyond our judgement. What we thought is not! confirmed and what we thought god contrives. And so it happens in this story.” (Norton p. 700 ln.1390-1394) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**