Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
II. Uluslararası Edebiyat, Kültür ve Dil Sempozyumu, Ankara, Türkiye, 09 Haziran 2023, ss.1-2
It is not easy to trace madness through history since it is as old as humanity. Furthermore, despite scientific and technological progresses in medicine, the treatment of it is an ordeal due to its ambiguous nature, complexity, wide variety, long duration, strenuous procedures among other hardships. Although it wreaks havoc on humanity throughout the history, it remains to be a mysterious as well as an interesting subject among people. This was also the case among Ancient Greek writers as well as the then scholars. This being the case, it is not surprising to see that for such a long period it has made ground in literature from Ancient times so far. Another question that remains unanswered is whether gender plays a role in madness. Euripides, one of the Ancient Greek playwrights, sought to answer this question in his plays such as Medea, Heracles, Bacchae, Hippolytus and Orestes, which is the focal point of this study.
Key Words: Euripides, Gods, Women, Madness, Medicine.