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| Original Title: | Mήδεια |
| ISBN: | 0486275485 (ISBN13: 9780486275482) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://store.doverpublications.com/0486275485.html |
| Characters: | Jason (Argonaut), Medea of Colchis, Aegeus, Nurse, Tutor (to Medea's sons), Creon |
| Setting: | Corinth(Greece) |
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One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her two children, Jason abandons her for a more favorable match, never suspecting the terrible revenge she will take. Euripides' masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband's insult and betrayal has held theater audiences spellbound for more than twenty centuries. Rex Warner's authoritative translation brings this great classic of world literature vividly to life. Reprint of the John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1944 edition.Details Regarding Books Medea
| Title | : | Medea |
| Author | : | Euripides |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 59 pages |
| Published | : | April 19th 1993 by Dover Publications (first published -431) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. Drama. Fiction. Fantasy. Mythology. Theatre |
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Ratings: 3.87 From 52275 Users | 1535 ReviewsAppraise Regarding Books Medea
Rachel Cusk was invited by Londons Almeida Theatre to write a new version of Euripidess Medea. The new play is both thoroughly modern and bears the stamp of personality of this talented novelist and memoirist. That she fiercely loves her children, two boys, is apparent. She followed Euripidess formula, creating a storyline which places the blame differently.If you remember the story, Medea kills her sons when her unfaithful husband marries the young & well-tended daughter of Creon.A classic tragic play. I would love to see this one on the stage.
Yes, I'm giving this classic Greek play a 5 stars because it's classic, but DAMN. This is the classic trophy wife who's constantly misused by the men in her life (view spoiler)[I removed a classic Freudian wife, alas (hide spoiler)]then laying down the LAW... all for the sake of revenge. Sweet, sweet revenge.But to think that she would go so far as to kill her own children just for the sake of it... is chilling in the extreme.The furies definitely rode this woman.Simple, classic, and clear.Oh,
Part of BBCs 100 Stories that shaped the World list, I thought it would be fun to keep track of all the works I have read that are listed.I have been feeling kind of down and blue since finishing my term paper (go figure) and thought a Greek tragedy would afford me some perspective. It didnt fail. It has been a while since I last read a play, let alone a Greek play, but I am still surprised how much I enjoyed it; I even smiled a few times. Euripides writing and the dialogue he creates for Medea
Medea is Circes niece, a loose connection to Homers Odyssey.The play by todays standards is shocking but I wanted to revisit it to read it better.The edition I read is translated by Robin Robertson published by Vintage. It starts with a short introduction that talks about Medea beyond her dark traits, Robinson points out how her behaviour is of a woman betrayed. With this in mind I read the play again, and closely.I found the poetry in this translation full of warmth in contrast to the scenes
Voices of women ringing out. Not only do they have good speeches but their experience is the subject, Medea does not passively sit back and accept the injustice of what has been happening to her, she is definitely not silent in the face of patriarchal injustice. When she feels aggrieved by man or men she asserts her own power, assuming she has just as much right to act in this way as any man does. When Creon wants to banish her,she assumes that she has the right to speak (as well as to act). She
Mήδεια = Medea (play), EuripidesMedea 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 actions of Medea, a former princess of the "barbarian" kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by murdering Jason's new wife as well as her own children, after which she escapes
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