No one would invent a biographical explanation for a playwright “exposing men’s immorality.” Gynocentric society suppresses public discussion of women’s immorality. Greek tragedies are filled with instances of men’s immorality. They say that after he married Mnesilochus’ daughter Choirile and realized that she was unfaithful, he first wrote the play Hippolytus, in which he exposes women’s immorality, and then he divorced her. Euripides experienced men’s vulnerability to cuckolding: Just because a man spends time in a man cave doesn’t mean that he hates laughter and hates women.Įuripides was so conventional that he not only married, but married twice. His looks were melancholic, thoughtful, and severe he hated laughter and he hated women. The ancient biographer, however, pathologized masculine behavior: That’s normal, healthful, and important to men. Euripides actually was a conventional elite man who ultimately bowed to the dominant interests of gynocentric society.Īccording to an ancient biographer, Euripides spent his days alone in a cave by the sea. Those accusations were largely invented from fanciful readings of his plays. Long after he was buried, he was accused of hating women. Euripides was an eminent and prolific fifth-century Athenian tragic playwright.
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