Medea and Other Plays
Four plays by the Greek dramatist who started to interpret human behavior without reference to the wisdom of gods. @GoldenFarce Good, the gals stand outside my house all the time. The constant chanting is creepy, but all agree: Jason crossing the line! When he gets home we’ll talk. I’m...
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Four plays by the Greek dramatist who started to interpret human behavior without reference to the wisdom of gods. @GoldenFarce Good, the gals stand outside my house all the time. The constant chanting is creepy, but all agree: Jason crossing the line! When he gets home we’ll talk. I’m sure we can work it out. But what’s the best way to approach this? Any advice, anyone? #wackrelationships From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140449297 (0140449299)
Publish date: April 29th 2003
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 206
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Classic Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry,
Greece,
Mythology
Reading progress update: I've read 138 out of 206 pages. Medea: You will regret what you did to me, Jason! Jason: I regretted it alright How great can your anger be? To what extent are you ready to hurt those who hurt you? Would you kill your own children to appease a great offense? Medea is rea...
With beautiful clarity and realism, Euripedes crafted dramatic interpretations of Homeric tales with moral subtlety and timeless resonance. I will definitely keep coming back to this collection.
So far I've only read Medea, the 431 BC Euripides play about hell hathing no fury like a woman scorned. (Did you know that quote's not from Shakespeare? I guess I just dimly assumed it must be. It's from The Mourning Bride (1697) by someone named William Congreve. Same play opens with "Music has cha...
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