He also won a fifth award but it was not until after his death. Euripides did not win many awards because he refused to change his writings and beliefs just to satisfy judges and the citizens of Athens. With justifiable pride he might have seen himself as a dramatic pioneer, breaking new ground, and courageously refusing to write the higher parody of his predecessors which his world-and ours-have demanded of him...
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He believed heavily in truth so he created his characters in that image. He focused in on the oppressed like women ,slaves, and barbarians. He showed a side to them that was unfamiliar to the Athenian crowd, while mocking the heroes of Greek mythology. Euripides doubted the world around him and came up with his own ideas about life...
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