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Medea of Euripides

Euripides

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In Corinth, Medea, a princess and sorceress from distant Colchis who betrayed her own family to help Jason win the Golden Fleece, learns that Jason is…

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Author
Euripides
Category
Psychology & Society
Language
English
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Project Gutenberg

About this book

In Corinth, Medea, a princess and sorceress from distant Colchis who betrayed her own family to help Jason win the Golden Fleece, learns that Jason is abandoning her to marry the daughter of King Creon, and that she and her two sons are to be banished. Humiliated and alone in a foreign land, she plans a terrible revenge on Jason, his new bride and the king, one that will destroy what she herself loves most.

Context and significance

Euripides (about 480–406 BC), the most modern of the Greek tragedians, first staged the play in Athens in 431 BC, where it won only third prize. Medea's speeches about the lot of women and of foreigners still sound startlingly fresh, and her story has inspired operas, films and countless new versions. Compare the tragedies of Sophocles.

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