Gender and the City in Euripides' Political Plays

Focusing on the Greek conception of gender and Athenian civic identity, this study offers a fresh analysis of Euripides' "Children of Herakles" and "Suppliant Women." It challenges the perception of these works as artistic failures by highlighting their formal elegance and intellectual complexity. This comprehensive examination, the first in fifty years, aims to reshape the understanding of these plays within the context of gender dynamics and political themes in ancient Greece.