As Moliére once said in The Would- be Gentleman, "A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation." This quote effectively expresses the opinions of the Greeks during the Golden Age. Wisdom and balance, or moderation, was very important to them. Today, Buddhists believe that enlightenment is gained through balance and wisdom. Muslims believe in karma- good and bad- which eventually balances itself out. During the 5th century B.C. in Athens, Greece (the Golden Age), balance in life, or moderation, was also very important. It was so important that it was one of their five primal sanctities. An ancient Greek philosopher by the name of Socrates followed the law of moderation and was an example to the people during the Golden age. In ancient Greece, values were bestowed upon the people in a variety of ways. One of the ways was through public plays such as Oedipus by Sophacles, Antigone by Euripedes, and Medea. In Antigone, the chorus says, "It's the moderate thing that always sounds best to our ears; and indeed it is the moderate thing that is best in practice." The chorus is warning the people of Athens against life out of moderation and explaining to them that life in moderation holds more rewards. Since Greek plays were free for poor people and inexpensive for rich people, almost everyone went to them. This made it easier for them to instill values in the people of ancient Greece.
             Throughout the Greek tragedy Medea, written by Euripides, Medea demonstrates what life can be like when lived outside the walls of moderation. Medea is very stubborn and loses her temper easily. In a sense, she puts her entire life in one man's hands, and he cannot carry it all so he drops her and leaves. She has no back up, nothing else to turn to. She "betrayed [her] father/ killed [her] brother to save him/ made [her] own land to h...