Medea (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Euripides
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Author: EuripidesTranslator: Rex Warner
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-04-19
ISBN: 0486275485
Number of pages: 47
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: "Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd."
Summary: 5 Stars
Having given up home and family and virtually everything else to help Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece, Medea was stunned when Jason arranged to leave her and marry the rich and beautiful daughter of the queen of Corinth. But, Medea is a proud and capable woman, and she will not allow those that would abuse her to triumph in their plans. With cunning and resolve, she lays a plan so terrible that everyone around her will suffer her revenge, mostly Jason, the father of her children.
The Athenian playwright Euripides first saw his play, Medea, performed in 431 B.C. The play won third prize. But, that same play is now considered to have been one of the greatest works of Western literature to have ever been produced.
The story is powerful, with a brooding gloom hanging over it, as you, like the chorus, know what is going to happen and watch it with the same horror as watching a train wreck unfold. I liked how you knew what was going to happen, seeing the crime in all its cold-blooded terror. Euripides was indeed a genius, and I highly recommend this play to anyone who wants to know what great literature really is.
In his 1697 play, The mourning bride, William Congreve wrote, "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd." But, it had all happened before...long before. I highly recommend this classic!
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