Women in Greek tragedy today: A reappraisal

Reacting to the concerns expressed by Sue-Ellen Case and others that Greek tragedies were written by men and for rnen in a patriarchal society, and that the plays are rnisogynistic and should be ignored by feminists, this article considers how female directors and writers have continued to exploit characters such as Antigone, Medea, Clytemnestra and Electra to make a powerful statement about contemporary society.