Gender Roles in Ancient Greek Society

Role of gender in ancient Greek society Throughout history, women's and men's roles are always somewhat different. In ancient Greece, the traditional role was clear and clear. Women stay at home, look after their children and do housework, while men quit their jobs. This social system is not too far from the concept of a hunter collector that women cherish their homes and men are hunting. Interestingly, despite normal obedience, women play a more diverse role and image in society and are aligned with the relatively simple role men play.

In Euripides' Medea, the hero abandoned the sex role of ancient Greek society. Medea despises sex by showing a tendency of "male" and "female". She sometimes removes her "feminine" mood and can show that society does not see what women can do. However, Medea did not abandon her role as a woman altogether, expressed many emotions of women through the play. In ancient Greek society, murder was not common among women. However, through the script, Medea has committed several murders.

In Euripides' Medea, the hero was drawn as a hero and abandoned the role of gender in ancient Greek society. Therefore, Euripides invented a new version of the gender "female". Media despised sex by showing the character of "male" in the "woman" way of thinking. Medea brings a masculine courage to kill women by killing Kryon and Clutha. In a society where women's identity depends on having a husband and children, she brings power and arrogance to the role of women by killing their children. This is obviously a characteristic of men. After all, Medea did not commit suicide like other Greek "heroines", but she showed wisdom and was able to control herself emotionally when designing the plot retaliation, I showed behavioral characteristics. Media has decided not to become a traditional woman victim of Greek tragedy