In Aristotle's Poetics, this playwright was said to present individuals as they are, not as they should be. In one of his plays, Athena ordered Thoas 
In Aristotle's Poetics, this playwright was said to present individuals as they are, not as they should be. In one of his plays, Athena ordered Thoas [THOE-az] to not defy the will of Apollo, who had sent a Greek to capture a statue of Artemis. Another of his plays saw Menoeceus [meh-noe-KAY-us] and Jocasta stabbing their own throats, the latter following the dual murder of Eteocles [eh-TEE-oe-klees] and Polyneices [po-lee-NAY-kees]. This author of Iphigenia [if-ih-jeh-NEE-uh] in Tauris and The Phoenician Women also wrote of Pentheus' attempts to use reason, and suffering at the hands of Dionysus' [die-oe-NIE-sus-es] followers. Name this author of The Bacchae.
In Aristotle's Poetics, this playwright was said to present individuals as they are, not as they should be.
Euripides