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General Introduction & Notes, by Richard RutherfordNote on the TextFurther ReadingChronological TableTranslator's NotePreface to Alcestis--AlcestisPreface to Medea--MedeaPreface to The Children of Heracles--The Children of HeraclesPreface to Hippolytus--HippolytusNotesBibliographyGlossary of Mythological and Geographical Names

Medea is a QUEEN

Overall 4****Breakdown:Medea: 5***** ”Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched.”Medea is my favourite play by Euripides. It demonstrates the true plight of women in Ancient Greece and the inequality they face. She is a woman who knows she has been wronged and wants to take her vengeance, even if it means losing those dearest to her. I just love Medea- she has done everything for love, even the darkest of actions, and Jason seems to not give a fuck... she w...

It's always surprising how brutal and bloody Greek tragedies are (but: never nihilistic! The one who wrongs will be pursued by the Gods, and usually the entire bloodline is cursed)Medea: Medea is angry that her husband Jason is taking a new wife, he wants to ban her from the city as she's dangerous, she plans revenge and murders the new wife as well as her own children - since that will hurt her husband more. She survives and escapes the city with the bodies of the children.Hecabe: Ex-queen of T...

Medea: Anything for Revenge. Reading progress update: I've read 138 out of 206 pages. Medea: You will regret what you did to me, Jason!Jason: I regretted it alright How great can your anger be? To what extent are you ready to hurt those who hurt you? Would you kill your own children to appease a great offense?Medea is ready to do anything it takes to hurt Jason. She takes his wife, his children, and his happiness. What I find fascinating in this play is that I am still sympathetic to Medea after...

Hippolytus Those Greeks and their myths. It started with Euripides in the fifth century. Hippolytus loved nothing better than to ride his horse (his name: the breaker of the horse). Love, he had no interest, and jealous Aphrodite was so angry that she needed to teach him a lesson: she made his step mother Phaedra fall in love with Hippolytus.The poor woman was beside herself. Phaedra was driven to her to own tragedy. When her husband, noble Theseus learned what happened, he turned on his own son...

3.5 stars

Hippolytus - the story felt rushed, to the point I kept thinking, "Does Euripides have a hot date after the show and he wants to wrap things up early?" Anyway, as was the custom, this is only one part of what would have been a four-play work of related themes... I don't know the accompanying plays, so perhaps this one is exactly the right speed and length for his purposes.

43. Euripides I : Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)published: 1955 (my copy is a 26th printing from 1993)format: 224 page Paperbackacquired: May 30 from a Half-Price Booksread: July 5-9rating: 4 starsEach play had a different translatorAlcestis (481 bce) - translated by Lattimore, Richard c1955The Medea (431 bce) - translated by David Grene c1944The Heracleidae (circa 430 bce) - translated by Rex Warner c1955Hippolytus (by 428 bce) - translated by Ra...

Euripides’ tight focus on just a handful of characters – part and parcel of Greek tragedies – and the way he jumps right into action and pathos is refreshing for someone like me whose reading of drama revolves mainly around the English Renaissance with its customary abundance of, well, everything, including mandatory comic subplots. None of that is present in these four plays. However, the first play, Alcestis, resonates interestingly with The Winter’s Tale. Medea deserves its titular role in th...

I've reviewed the individual plays from this volume of Euripides' plays (the first of five volumes, all of which I have and will read in order) separately; they are the earliest surviving plays and include the well-known Medea as well as Hyppolytus, which aside from Medea stood out to me in this collection.

my favourite thing ive had to read for school so far

A Crash Course in Greek TragedyReading a book of relatively modern plays recently proved my ignorance in the history of theatre. Whilst I have studied Shakespeare at some depth during my schoolgirl years and had seen several of his dramatisations, I knew little of anything earlier, let alone anything beyond the parochial English shores. I was struggling with mythological references at the very least as well as comprehension of the dramatic method of presentation of this archaic form of theatre.S...

I’ve been feeling the ancient Greeks calling to me and when I heard Natalie Haynes say that Medea by Euripides was her favorite play of all time I couldn’t resist so I took a break from the International Booker and Desmond Elliott Prize lists and read the four plays in this volume: Medea, which is as good as Natalie Haynes said it is, in which Jason explains why he married a princess after Medea sacrificed everything for him and helped or rather won the challenges to set to him, and Medea explai...

probably the best greek tragedy i’ll ever read. this translation retains the richness, depth and complexity of euripides’ medea and allows for two actually genuinely exceptional monologues. jason is an insufferable misogynist and great sympathy is evoked for medea — different to her typical villification onwards. i loved! this tragedy. even the word love is an understatement; i am immediately propelled to read more euripidean plays!!!! genuinely masterful, genuinely brilliant, well worth a read....

MEDEA!Daughter of a King. Niece of nymph. Granddaughter of a god. Wife of a hero. How many women have you known in any literary piece ever written, in all history of humanity, who incarnate all of these blessings together in one?A fistful, maybe?Killer of her own children! ( Ok. Now you are definitely left with ONE only.)MEDEA! A symbol. A metaphor. A precedent. A uniqueness. ONE and only in millennia. What else can one say.

Finished Medea. Why have not I read this before? such elegance in writing. Medea, I adore you.

I only read the intro and 'Medea' and not the 'Other Plays.' This Penguin Classics edition is neat because there are detailed notes throughout the play (noted at the back) explaining all sorts of stuff: how the tragedy would've been presented on stage back then, the backstory of the mythology behind it all, the critical reactions to certain passages throughout history, etc. There is ALSO a glossary at the back that explains the whos, whats and wheres of all proper nouns listed throughout the pla...

This is Euripides I, from the University of Chicago Press, which published "The Complete Greek Tragedies." I have a soft spot in my heart for these, regardless of how well or ill one judges the translations -- and you'd have to be a better scholar than I to have a serious opinion on that score. My soft spot owes to recollections of my undergraduate days, when I read this same edition as a freshman. What a great awakening -- no, that's a bit too pat; what an intriguing alternative to the Ozzie &

Euripides is one of the three greatest tragedy writers of classical Greek, a genre full of drama and suffering by the tragic hero. With Medea being one of his best works, Euripides rewrote the myth of Jason, Medea and the Golden Fleece by providing a few new twists, especially near the end of the story. The story takes place in ancient Greece in Corinth, where Jason, perhaps, for his future, married the princess. Medea later found out about the affair, became uncontrollable, and began her wild

I picked this book of plays by Euripides primarily for Medea, so that will earn the brunt of my review.Medea is one kick-ass, crazy bitch. Period. Having read Jason and the Golden Fleece and thoroughly enjoyed it I was excited to read more about Medea, particularly her story after helping Jason find the Golden Fleece. Talk about one spurned lover! After Jason leaves Medea for a Greek princess, Medea goes a little bye-bye and decides the best way for her to express her distaste is to kill off he...

This is great drama with passion, gods, plot complications, and difficult family relationships. But what else would you expect from Euripides, whose dramas have lasted for thousands of years and have inspired great dramatists well into our current times.This classic volume of four plays, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, includes Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, and The Children of Heracles. There are few dramas that demonstrate passion in the way that Medea does. When her husband Jason

I have mixed reactions to these plays. Medea was superb - I was astonished at how modern the themes were. But Electra was such a disappointment in contrast - the characters never really leapt off the page. Here are my reviews of the two I have read so far:http://allthingsbooker.wordpress.com/...http://allthingsbooker.wordpress.com/...

Medea is a brilliant feminist the only mistake she made was to become psychotic and kill her little boys. THEY WERE CHILDREN YOU B*TCH HOW COULD YOU... anyway Jason is an ass and complete misogynist. Let's just say I was invested in the revenge plan. Good on ya babe.

Great but a bit depressing.

I did. enjoy it but the characters were all kinda the worst? Medea: Overdramatic and needs to sort out her life priorities. Yes she’s a woman in an oppressive society and whatnot so yes i feel a certain amount of sympathy but there’s a point at which one has to say actually no, no i do not believe it is okay to kill your children when your husband marries someone else. Neither do i believe that killing your husband’s new wife is acceptable. I think i could sum up my thoughts in a simple : kill =...

One of Euripides’ most powerful and best-known plays, Medea is a remarkable study of injustice and ruthless revenge. In Euripides’ retelling of the legend, the Colchian princess Medea has married the hero Jason. They have lived happily for some years at Corinth and have produced two sons. As the play’s action begins, Jason has decided to cast off Medea and to marry the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.

Each story has its own charm and uniqueness but, Alcestis is definitely my favorite

Fuck Jason, all my homies hate Jason