Of all the roles assigned to the women of Greek theatre, the most prevalent and seemingly most accepted is that of the sacrificial heroine. Religion was a cornerstone of Greek mythology, and sacrifice was presumably the only way for a female to gain praise that was typically accorded to men. Euripides established sacrifice as a motif in his plays, and the majority found females in the role of the sacrificed, be it as a victim …showed first 75 words of 766 total…

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