This site is the home of a new openaccess digital edition of the scholia on the plays of the ancient athenian tragedian euripides born ca. Medea cambridge greek and latin classics 2002 euripides. Medea as a case study of gendered discourse in euripidean drama. The first edition of the novel was published in 431, and was written by euripides. Though one of euripides masterpieces, the piece is not without its problems. The reference to medeas hatred of her sons is dramatically placed, just before their entry.
We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. The nurses speech the nurse expresses both anxiety and a longing to undo the past. The theme of justice and natural law in medea from litcharts. The medea of euripides, with notes and an introduction, boston, ginn, 1901, c1900, also by clifford herschel moore and f. The project gutenberg ebook of the medea of euripides, by. Medea is an unsettling play, and still relevant to our times. Medea as a case study of gendered discourse in euripidean. This uptodate edition makes euripides most famous and influential play accessible to students of greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
The introduction analyzes medea as a revengeplot, evaluates the strands of motivation that lead to her tragic insistence on killing her own children, and assesses the potential sympathy of a greek audience for a character. Medea cambridge greek and latin classics, cambridge university press 2002. Learn euripides medea mastronarde with free interactive flashcards. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Euripidean play in the cambridge greek and latin classics series, and allans duckworth companion william allan, euripides. I have published extensively on the ancient athenian tragedian euripides and various aspects of ancient drama, including interpretation, staging and dramatic technique, textual studies, and commentaries. Born in 484 bc, his infancy saw the repulsion of the persian invasion, a military. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 47 pages and is available in paperback format. In this book professor mastronarde draws on the seventeen surviving tragedies of euripides, as well as the fragmentary remains of his lost plays, to. Mastronarde has also expanded the traditional commentary format of introduction, text and running commentary by adding a fairly extensive introductory section on the structure.
He has published extensively on greek tragedy and euripides in particular, including euripides. Seventeen years later than the medea euripides expressed this sentiment in a more positive way in the trojan women, where a depth of wrong borne without revenge becomes, or seems for the moment to become, a thing beautiful and glorious. This makes the commentary a nicely selfcontained teachingtool. Medea cambridge greek and latin classics by euripides, mastronarde, donald j. Medea on euripideen kirjoittama antiikin kreikkalainen tragedia, joka perustuu iasonin ja medeian myyttiin. The commentary is very thorough and helpful, geared not only to the undergraduate with grammar references to smyth, explanatory notes, unusual vocabulary, and hapaxes, but also includes scholarly references in places. Medeas passionate barbarian nature contrasts with jasons rational greek demeanor. Euripides medea mastronarde flashcards and study sets quizlet. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Medea is infuriated by jasons abandoning her and their children, and makes threats to kill creon and the.
Choose from 82 different sets of euripides medea mastronarde flashcards on quizlet. The medea of euripides, with notes and an introduction, boston, ginn and heath, 1882, also by f. Her alterity does not frighten us as much as her familiarity does the story of medea itself becomes our protection from the medea within us, if not from the medea among us p. The plot centers on the actions of medea, a former princess of the barbarian kingdom of colchis, and the wife of jason. Mastronarde is melpomene distinguished professor of classics at the university of california, berkeley. Medea by euripides, 9780521644792, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Medea managed to trick pelias daughters into killing him by promising that, if they did, she could restore him to his youth.
In this book professor mastronarde draws on the seventeen surviving tragedies of euripides, as well as the fragmentary remains of his lost plays, to explore key topics in the interpretation of the plays. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband jason who has betrayed her for another woman. She did not restore him, and jason and medea were chased from iolocus to corinth, where they lived as exiles. Sen keskeisena teemana on petetyn vaimon suunnitelmallinen kosto miehelleen.
Euripides medea is a human being with whom the audience can at least partly empathise. Natural lawthe idea of a moral code integral to and inseparable from whatever it is that makes us humanis tested in the events of medea when characters make decisions contrary to their nature, when jason, a husband, abandons his wife or when medea, a mother, murders her children. Unfortunately, upon close examination of the text of medea. This book contains the greek text of euripides medea with a comprehensive commentary by donald mastronarde. Medea cambridge greek and latin classics greek and english edition 9780521643863 by euripides and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Mastronarde is a melpomene professor of classics, university of california, berkeley, and here aims to present a text with com mentary on euripidesmedea for the use of beginner and advanced students. Euripides medea 431 bc this translation by ian johnston of malaspina universitycollege, nanaimo, bc, has certain restrictions. Greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary is now available on amazon for 14. Jason ha abandonado a su esposa medea, junto con sus dos hijos. Why do you think euripides gave the introductory speech to a servant. Medea summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. The need for an uptodate edition and commentary now that pages longestablished book is quite old, is explained by mastronarde by the fact that despite the lasting value of. The main characters of this classics, plays story are jason argonaut, medea greek mythology. The whole book is preceded by a preface, and a list of abbreviations. Do you think the nurse has a clear idea what the plan is. Tutor but listenthe times not right 100 80 to let your mistress know about these things. Medea and euripides euripides medea of 431 bce establishes medeas canonical identity. Whether in love or in hate, medea commits herself to. Available formats pdf please select a format to send.
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