Aris and Phillips Classical Texts Euripides: Medea, (Paperback)

from Achromatic

Ancient greek feminist revenge fantasy

from stacy_chambers

Not sure what I think of the translation, but I liked that this was annotated.

from booksontrial

Despair, Anger and Hatred"Anger arises from offences against oneself, enmity may arise ...because of what we take to be their character. Anger is accompanied by pain, hatred is not;... for the one would have the offenders suffer for what they have done; the other would have them cease to exist."-...

from Kassilem

This play is more about Medea than Jason. Obviously. And primarily I think it is about the horrors that can befall people when they let passion for revenge overtake them. There is also a streak of feminism here too. I like that Euripides was different. He went against all kinds of traditions and ...

from salirce

Medea by Euripedes was a play I chose for my 2015 reading challenge. The play, only 47 pages took about 1/2 hour to read. My first thought was.....doesn't the woman on the cover look like Salma Hayek? The play centers around Medea, a goddess who falls madly in love, emphasis on MADLY, with Jason....