In the centuries since it was first performed, Euripides s Medea has established itself as one of the most influential of the Greek tragedies.
This new translation of Medea by classicist Oliver Taplin, originally p.
The story of the wronged wife who seeks revenge against her unfaithful husband by murdering their children is lodged securely in the popular imagination, a touchstone for politics, law, and psychoanalysis and the subject of constant retellings and reinterpretations.
In the centuries since it was first performed, Euripides s Medea has established itself as one of the most influential of the Greek tragedies