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Why is Euripides medea a difficult source to use to understand women in ancient greece

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Probably because she doesn't exactly behave as normal people do. She was extremely vengeful and scheming and did things that would be expected of psychopaths and not regular people. It would be impossible to say that she's a great example of an Ancient Greek woman.
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