'Euripides is the best represented of the Greek tragedians, which would have annoyed his contemporaries. He was lampooned in his day for his novel sonic effects, his corruption of Athenian values and his penchant for female protagonists and characters dressed in rags – an innovator, according to his critics, but not necessarily in a good way. In the end, he got the last laugh.'
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n18/robert-cioffi/euripides-unbound