Medea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537051215)

Euripides is known in literature & fiction circles as a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Euripides is one of the few whose dramas & plays have survived. Ancient & medieval scholars have attributed 95 dramas & plays to Euripides, of which 19 are known to have survived more or less complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced drama & plays down to modern times. He was unique among the writers of ancient & medieval Athens for the sympathy he demonstrated towards all victims of society, including women. Euripides' Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy, that centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the barbarian kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason. Medea finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by killing Jason's new wife as well as her own children with him, after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life.

Author: Edward Philip Coleridge, Euripides
ISBN-10: 1537051210
ISBN-13: 9781537051215
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2016
Pages: 42
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.13lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.09d