OCR GCSE Ancient History · J198
Paper 1
Revise: Representations of Women: Literature, Religion, and Case StudiesEuripides’ tragedy Medea was first performed in 431 BC, within the period of Pericles’ leadership. Its setting is Corinth, not Athens. Medea is a foreign woman who has helped Jason and borne him children, only for him to abandon her for a royal marriage.
- Revise: Culture and the Role of Women in Tragedy and Philosophy
A serious dramatic form in ancient Greece which often used mythical stories to explore suffering, conflict and difficult moral choices.