Euripides, Cresphontes and the Messenian Mythical Tradition

Abstract

Given the scarcity of information literary and archaeological regarding the archaic history of Messenia the available versions generally brief and incomplete are also controversial Our purpose is to focus in particular on Euripides dramatic creations inspired by the myths associated with Messenia While taking into account the dramatic and scenic features that the fragments suggest we will attempt to underline Euripides contribution to its political reading and its influence on later versions on the same subject