'''Euripides''' (480 to 405 BC) was a famous tragic playwright whose works were popular in 300s BC. He was the last great tragedian in Ancient Greece, composing such works as "Medea," his updating of the story of the mythic character of the [[Golden Fleece]] myth.
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'''Euripides''' (480 to 405 BC) was a famous tragic playwright whose works were popular in 300s BC. He was the last great tragedian in Ancient Greece, composing such works as "Medea," his updating of the story of the mythic character of the [[Golden Fleece]] myth. He also wrote ''[[The Bacchae]]''.
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He was driven into [[exile]] from [[Athens]]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=z--HMbPXdD0C&dq=Lord+of+the+Flies&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=DtjkHq1BpE&sig=YYrJLuNcPbNDhaVMgzWCwOWzPZo&hl=en&ei=hI-hSf_vHYimtgOr5rzaDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPR16,M1]