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Witch, barbarian, foreigner, or a woman wronged and committed to the most horrific kind of justice, Medea is a heroine who makes her audience shudder. Euripides shows us an astonishingly strong female protagonist, whom some readers have identified as the first feminist in Western literature.... read more
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Euripides' tragedy begins as Medea is already separated from her husband, Jason. Although they have two sons together, Jason has married the daughter of king Kreon of Korinth because he wants to gain power and doesn't like being dependent on his first wife, Medea, who helped him in securing... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Jason: husband of Medea. He leaves Medea for Glauce, causing the main conflict.
- Medea: wife of Jason and a sorceress. She is essentially her own enemy within the story.
- Creon: king of Korinth
- Aegeus: King of Athens. He helps Medea later in the story.
- Glauce: daughter of Creon and princess of Korinth. She later becomes engaged to Jason.
- Nurse: Medea's nurse
- Messenger: Tells the story of the final climax
First Sentence edit
TO THOSE OF US who have grown up with it, Greek myth seems to consist of stories about individual, noninterchangeable figures-Odysseus, Orestes, or indeed Medea-each of whom seems to have been shaped by a single, authoritative literary work: Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus' Oresteia, Euripides' Medea.
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 26 of 73 in Robert B. Downs - Books that Changed the World. (authoritative list)
This book is in Western canon according to Harold Bloom. (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Greek
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Publication Date: -431
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Page Count: 164
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- Dewey: 292.213
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThe themes are rather strong, as is the description of two of the deaths
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