Bibliograph

Medea, Euripides ; the text edited with introduction and commentary by Denys L. Page

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Medea, Euripides ; the text edited with introduction and commentary by Denys L. Page

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medea

Responsibility statement

Euripides ; the text edited with introduction and commentary by Denys L. Page

Summary

Written as compliment to the myth of Jason and Medea, we see here Medea imperilled as her husband plans to leave her for another woman. Angry at having been abandoned for a Corinthian princess, Medea enacts a terrible vengeance befitting her status as a barbarian queen - she slays her former husband's new wife and their children, before absconding to Athens where she begins a new life

Target audience

adult

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