Date of Award:
5-2025
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Arts (MA)
Department:
History
Committee Chair(s)
Mark Damen
Committee
Mark Damen
Committee
John McLaughlin
Committee
Alvaro Ibarra
Abstract
This analysis explores color expressions in the play Ion by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. Because the ancient Greeks experienced color differently, I examined words used in the play, including light, dark, fire, green, water, blood, and gold. These expressions imply different themes and concepts that Euripides uses to portray the duality between his two main characters, Ion and Creusa. This thesis showed how the mother-son pair acts as a foil for the different aspects of color found throughout the play that reflect ancient Greek culture.
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Recommended Citation
Shelley, Erik, "Color Expressions in Euripides’ Ion" (2025). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 494.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/494
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