by Euripides, John Harrison
Famous as the greatest of Euripidea plays (I have read three and I don't think it is), its certainly a striking masterpiece. The story is set after Jason has returned with the Golden Fleece and with Medea as his bride. He abandons her and her children to make a new marriage, and the story concerns...
It was interesting and I like reading mythology :)
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her...
Do not get cross with a woman!
Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women Are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, We have bought a husband, we must then accept him as Possessor of our body. This is to aggravate Wrong with worse wrong. Then the great question: will the man We get be bad or good? F...
Interesting read if you know the back story.
I let Medea be the angel of revenge while I live my grief quietly. Beware of scorned women.
There is scholarly evidence to support the idea that Euripides was hired by the people of Corinth to write this play to make Medea into a villain: not even crazy but a purely evil woman who would kill her own children. I did a paper on it in grad school. Of course I don't know where my paper is nor ...
I can understand why the plays remain so intriguing to people, but also, I kind of just want to sit everyone down and say "Don't you think you're over-reacting?" I do know that isn't helpful, either in real life nor when dealing with fictional characters in my own mind. So I usually manage to resist...
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