Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In 431 BC, in Athens, Euripides, one of the three great writers of Greek tragedy, presents Medea. Jason, the Greek hero who led the Argonauts on their legendary voyage aboard the ship Argo, has sworn to stay faithful to Medea, the sorceress who helped him seize the Golden Fleece. At Corinth, he leaves her to marry the king's daughter.
Medea does not simply weep. She plans an absolute revenge. Euripides puts at the center a woman who speaks, calculates and chooses the irreparable. The play shocked its first audience. It is still one of the most feared tragedies in the repertoire.
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- 2Euripides, the most “modern” of the three
- 3The foreign woman whose pact is broken
- 4Killing her children: reason against passion?
- 5A heroine who keeps disturbing us
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary11 terms explained in a tap.
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