Medea and other plays /

Euripides.

Medea and other plays / Euripides ; translated by John Davie ; introduction and notes by Richard Rutherford. - London : Penguin, 2003. - xlvii, 206 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .

This translation originally published: as Alcestis and other plays. 1996.

Contents: Alcestis -- The children of Heracles -- Hippolytus. Contents: Alcestis - The children of Heracles - Hippolytus.

Medea is the archetypal wronged women driven to despair. When uncontrollable anger is unleashed, the obsessed mind's capacity for revenge knows no bounds. This collection of plays reveals how Euripides transformed the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.


Translated from the ancient Greek.

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Euripides.


Medea (Greek mythology)--Drama.

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