What kind of language is used in Euripides' Medea?

Question

As a senior in high school, I had to read Medea by Euripides and take notes on it. I took the obvious notes like characters, settings, and plot but I am having trouble with the language (figurative language and type of language in general).. help!

Answer 1

its a rhetorical piece.

Answer 2

It could be ancient Greek

This is my favourite by Euripides....


Love hath an island,
And I would be there ;
Love hath an island,
And nurtureth there
For men the Delights
The beguilers of care,
Cyprus, Love's island ;
And I would be there.
At Paphos she dwelleth,
And I would be there.
At Paphos she dwelleth,
And wealth cometh there.
Afloat with the kisses
That Ocean doth bear
From the hundred streams
Like a shower unfurled
Of the Rainless River
Born out of the world ;
There are the hill-sides,
On Earth most fair,
Pierian hill-sides,
And melody there,
The voice of the Nine,
Is borne on the air
Over the hill-sides,
And I would be there —
Olympian hill-sides,
For Heaven is there
With spirits divine
And shining of fire ;
And there are the Graces,
And there is Desire.

Euripides, Bacchai.
J.F.R.