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This move was characteristic of Euripides as the first representative of Greek tragic theatre tradition who created theater and aesthetic techniques characteristic of the modern theatre. The main question that Euripides seeks to answer in his drama is a connection between well-structured social order (Greek or in his case Athenian society) and irrational forces represented in the character of Dionysus. The role of Dionysus in Greek culture notwithstanding the fact that it was already established and institutionalized in the Greek pantheon was contested by different representatives of Greek art, Euripides one of them. The connection of the two characters should be found in the connection between ‘tragic vision’ presented in both pieces though in different ways. Learn More Main characters: Dionysus and Elesin Oba