Medea and Other Plays

Medea and Other Plays

ISBN: 0140449299

ISBN 13: 9780140449297

Publisher: Penguin Books

Pages: 256

Authors: Euripides, Richard Rutherford, John Davie

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This selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figures of Greek myths into recognizable, fallible human beings. Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking of all the Greek tragedies. Medea is a towering figure who demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. Alcestis is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Children of Heracles examines conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity.