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  Medea and Other Plays: the Origin of the Black Act (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Euripides, Translated by Philip Vellacott

  

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  Short Description for Medea and Other PlaysThis title is a collection of Euripides' plays.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 26 July 1973
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Plays, Playscripts
  • ISBN 13: 9780140441291 ISBN 10: 0140441298
  • Sales rank: 10,206

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• Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking and horrific of all the Greek tragedies. Dominating the play is Medea herself, a towering and powerful figure who demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. Alcestis, a tragicomedy, is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Children of Heracles examines the conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity and moral dilemmas. These plays show Euripides transforming the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.