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| | Medea (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Medea's actions were seen as erratic because they were not in moderation, and in the time of the play, women did not have much say in what went on. | | | Moderation was also a theme of the play, as moderation was a large belief of Greek culture; in that everything should be taken in moderation. | | | She reminds him that she left her own barbarian people for him ("I am the mother of your children. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medeia
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| | The Internet Classics Archive Medea by Euripides |
| | For she must hide beneath the earth or soar on wings towards heaven's vault, if she would avoid the vengeance of the royal house. | | | Moderation wins the day first as a better word for men to use, and likewise it is far the best course for them to pursue; but greatness that doth o'erreach itself, brings no blessing to mortal men; but pays a penalty of greater ruin whenever fortune is wroth with a family. | | | O Medea, in what a hopeless sea of misery heaven hath plunged thee! |
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http://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/medea.html
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| | Literature Paper |
| | Medea also plans to set up a holy feast and sacrifice to the goddess Hera in order to atone for her sin. | | | Although Jason promises loyalty to Medea before the gods, she is demonized later classical tradition in the play of Euripides the critical portrayal of her murderous act of her children. | | | Medea is probably the strongest non-Olympian woman in all of Greek mythology. |
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http://webpage.pace.edu/nreagin/F2004WS267/DianaDiamond/drd_literature.html
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| | Euripides' Medea - History for Kids! |
| | Medea, he says, will have to leave Corinth, and she will have to leave their boys with him (fathers usually kept the children in a Greek divorce). | | | Medea then kills her little boys, saying that if she can't have them, Jason can't either. | | | It is concerned with the opposition, the agon, between Greeks and barbarians, where the Greeks are rational, controlled people, and the barbarians are irrational, passionate, unthinking. |
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http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/medea.htm
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| | GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Medea - Full Summary and Analysis |
| | Jason tells Medea that the avenging ghosts of the children will curse her; she coolly brushes the prediction aside. | | | Medea secures a promise: if she can find a way to get revenge, she asks the Chorus to vow that they will remain silent. | | | In the Theban plays of Sophocles, the gods help even Oedipus to achieve a kind of redemption. |
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http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/medea/fullsumm.html
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| | Study Guide : Euripides' Medea |
| | Your father was a king: The reference is to Aeetes, Medea's father and king of Colchis. | | | In the realm of Greek mythology it is unthinkable that a stepmother would have treated her step-children with anything but contempt. | | | However, when Pelias' daughters killed their father, Medea let him die because she hoped that with Pelias dead, Jason would become king of Iolcus. |
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http://www3.baylor.edu/~John_Thorburn/medea.html
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| | Aeson - encyclopedia article about Aeson. |
| | She slit Aeson's throat, then put his corpse in a pot and Aeson came to life as a young man. She then told Pelias' daughters she would do the same for their father. | | | They slit his throat and Medea refused to raise him, so Pelias stayed dead. | | | Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Aeson
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| | Euripides' Medea |
| | Medea: granddaughter of Helios (the sun): daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis; niece of Circe (the sorceress in the Odyssey): a WITCH, with a father who is also a sorcerer, and a grandfather who is a god | | | Another version of the myth has Medea leaving her children in the temple where they were killed by Creon's kin, who then spread the rumor that Medea had murdererd them. | | | Costa Kalorides: compare Medea and Antigone, both criticized by the ruler as "clever women": but is Medea glorious/victorious at the end? |
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http://classics.uc.edu/~johnson/tragedy/medea.html
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| | Euripides' Medea |
| | She indeed acts with the power, authority and prophetic knowledge of a "god from the machine" when she establishes a festival and ritual in honor of her dead children, reveals her plans for the future and prophesies the death of Jason (1378-1388). | | | What reasons does Medea give why she should kill her children? | | | What is their view of Medea's situation (431-445)? |
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http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/medea.htm
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| | Euripides |
| | Medea was also considered one of the greatest sorceresses of the ancient world. | | | Some texts say that she slit his throat and filled his body full of potions, while others say that he was dismembered and boiled in the potions. | | | She was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, and the granddaughter of Helios, the sun god. |
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http://www.etsu.edu/haleyd/engl3134/ejournal/Williamson.html
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| | SparkNotes: Medea: Characters |
| | A former adventurer, he abandons his wife, Medea, in order to marry Glauce, the beautiful young daughter of Creon, King of Corinth. | | | Aegeus - The King of Athens, Aegeus passes through Corinth after having visited the Oracle at Delphi, where he sought a cure for his sterility. | | | It's the only book you'll need to beat the new SAT. |
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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/medea/characters.html
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| | Amazon.ca: Medea: Books |
| | Medea is highborn and descends from the lineage of the Gods. | | | Despite the fact that she gave up her life to follow Jason, Medea is revealed as a kind of proto-feminist early on in the story, a woman defined more by cleverness than by rage... | | | Instead, it is Medea's evolution that is most important. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486275485
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Medea |
| | In Greek mythology Medea was the daughter of King Aeetes (Georgian Ayeti) of Colchis (Georgian Kolkheti, now a territory of modern Georgia) and niece of Circe, and later wife to Jason. | | | Jason, Perseus, Theseus, and above all Heracles, are all "liminal" figures, poised on the threshold between the old world of shamans, chthonic earth deities, archaic matriarchies, and the Great Goddess and the new Bronze Age Greek ways. | | | Medea got even by giving Creusa a cursed dress that stuck to her body and burned her to death as soon as she put it on, a transformation of the mythic element in the story of Heracles and Nessus. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/M/ME/MED/Medea
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Medea (Drama Classics S.): Books |
| | In the final line of the play the Chorus laments: "Many things beyond expectation do the gods fulfill. | | | Euripides uses Medea's infanticides to try teaching a lesson, February 4, 2004 | | | The reviews above seem to refer to another book. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1854591649
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| | UW-Eau Claire's University Theatre to Present 'Medea' |
| | Later she is discarded for a younger woman who can give him more power and authority. | | | These two strong characters and their excessive passion collide, causing the ultimate destruction of both of them, as well as their children." | | | Medea possesses a magical gift, which is the reason Jason marries her - for his own personal gain. |
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http://www.uwec.edu/newsbureau/release/past/2001/01-12/120301Medea.html
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| | The Classics Pages - Euripides: Medea (Medea Game) |
| | Please do not try to see Medea as some empowered ur-heroine of the feminist movement! | | | Medea's page - women's issues in ancient Greece | | | Medea must have thought the people of Iolcos would be grateful and make Jason king - but they weren't. |
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http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/medea/medeaintro.htm
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| | Medea guide |
| | Note the extensive space given to "lower" characters like the Nurse and Tutor. | | | What does the curious oracle given to him mean? | | | Note where she is going at the end of the play. |
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http://www.temple.edu/classics/medea.html
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Medea |
| | Medea, in Greek mythology, sorceress, the daughter of Aeëtes, king of Colchis. | | | On reaching Greece, the crew of heroes disbanded, and Jason with Medea took the Golden Fleece to Pelias. | | | When the hero Jason, in command of the Argonauts, reached Colchis in... |
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| | Medea |
| | In mythology, Medea is one the original "smart women." There is much to be said, even today, about the condition of being female and clever. | | | She claims that the children "died from a disease they caught from their father" (44). | | | Medea is the sun's granddaughter, so he sends a magic chariot without concern for justice. |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/medea.html
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| | Studyarea.com's Free Essay Site - "Medea" |
| | Corinth's daughter - claiming it would be better for both Medea and their | | | Medea, a play written by the ancient Greek dramatist Euripides is a classic | | | the theme of the play Medea that the gods only know what is best and that |
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http://essay.studyarea.com/essay/Book_Report/307.shtml
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| | BBC News ENTERTAINMENT Shaw shines as murderous Medea |
| | After poisoning her husband's betrothed and the king, she slays both her children to spite Jason, leaving him without family and future. | | | To add insult to injury, the princess's father, King Kreon, banishes Medea and her two sons from his land. | | | Medea may be a woman scorned, but this does not lessen the agony she feels at murdering her children. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1148799.stm
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| | reading_guide_02.28 |
| | For more on the myths, see the Greek Mythology Link's pages on Medea and Jason | | | Describe Medea's mood/mental state at the beginning of the play--drawing on both what she says and how others describe her. | | | This is where they are living when Euripides' Medea begins. |
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http://classics.uc.edu/hooker/cc111/reading_guide_02.28.html
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| | Glasgow Citizens Company - Medea |
| | This famous passage was thought for centuries to have foretold the discovery of America; Columbus's son Ferdinand used to quote it with pride. | | | Gone is the wild and reckless adventurer enticed by the fatal attraction of Medea's fire and magic on his wanderings, to be replaced by a Prince bound by his heritage to do the right thing and marry for the kingdom rather than love. | | | Along with Medea, and Carol in Oleanna, Ruth shows just who wears the trousers in what may well be a girl's world after all. |
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http://members.aol.com/glasgocitz/plays/gcmedea.htm
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| | Study Questions: Medea |
| | What is the role of the gods in this play? | | | Does Euripides present a coherent vision of human life in this play (e.g., man's relationship with the gods, fate, human motivations, etc.)? | | | Analyze the formal structure of the play: explain how each scene is linked to the preceding and following scenes. |
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http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/medea.html
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| | Study Questions for the Greek Plays |
| | Based on what the Priest says, what kind of man is Oedipus? | | | Lysistrata and Medea both portray women in non-traditional ways, and to some extent comment/utilize their traditional positions in society to move their plots forward. | | | The book talks about Sophocles' use of IRONY. |
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http://www.unc.edu/courses/2001spring/engl/026/002/greek_study_questionsl.htm
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| | Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival: Euripides Medea |
| | Give me togas and marble columns any day.” | | | On the contrary, she comes across as a frustrated housewife who left her homeland Colchis to follow Jason to Greece, where he jilts her and the local King banishes her. | | | Presenting Medea as the victim of patriarchal oppression obscures her real historical character (after all, by the time Medea arrived in Greece she already had several murders on her lengthy rap sheet, including that of her brother.) |
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http://www.scena.org/columns/anson/021003-PA-medea.html
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| | SparkNotes: Medea: Study Questions |
| | Medea also predicts an "unheroic death" for him at the play's close. | | | In Medea's first long speech to the chorus (lines 213-261), she claims that women are afflicted with the most "wretched" existence on earth. | | | The gods are invoked sparingly in Medea, yet the chorus concludes the play by saying Zeus brings things to "surprising ends" and makes the unexpected possible (lines 14-15, 1419). |
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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/medea/study.html
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| | Medea Review Lacked Intellectual Rigor |
| | Medea is naturally disaffected, the only thing that has made her break out of this is love. | | | If she were, then there would have been no reason for her to call upon evil to purge any natural good from her. | | | In Greek mythology, Medea is a classic example of one who goes to hell despite good intentions. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V116/N24/medea.24l.html
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| | Shotgun Players |
| | She thirsts for revenge upon Jason who, in his desire for power, betrays her by marrying the daughter of the King of Corinth, Creon, who banishes Medea and her children from Corinth. | | | “Medea has a tenacious will to get what she wants,” Blackwell goes on. | | | Medea embodies both these traits, male and female, a deadly combination.” Famously murdering the sons she bore Jason, Medea takes her bloody revenge and acquires the power that was denied her at the start of the play. |
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http://www.shotgunplayers.org/archive/seas11/medea/medea.cfm
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| | The Medea Homepage |
| | Medea in Athens an idea play by Grippy and Cormo | | | Who is Medea and why do so many people hate her mythological background by Grippy and Cormo, based on Robert Graves' Greek Myths | | | What the Athenians didn't like about Medea from Perseus |
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http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/medea.html
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| | University Theatre Announces Cast of 'Medea' |
| | The telling of the well-known Greek legend of Jason and his wife Medea opens at 7:30 p.m. | | | Community members Drew Lehmann, Fall Creek, and Dustin Shimoda, Eau Claire, will play elder son and younger son respectively. | | | Women of the chorus will be played by junior Colleen Giles, Eau Claire, as first woman, and sophomores Anna Jeanette Figlesthaler, Wauwatosa, and Kelly Lee Kriesel, Madison, as second and third woman respectively. |
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http://www.uwec.edu/newsbureau/release/past/2001/01-12/120301Cast.html
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| | Medea (1969) |
| | the section where medea doubles the murder in two different ways flipt me, and so drove me crazy, and caused the most excited response to a movie i've encountered. | | | Trivia: According to Richard Burton's diaries, Maria Callas very much wanted him to play Jason. | | | Callas was despondent after her long-time lover, shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, had dumped her for Jacqueline Kennedy, and while Burton was sympathetic, he declined the role, thinking it "thankless". |
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| | CLST 295 / WOST 295: Women in the Classical World |
| | James Morwood, trans., Euripides: Medea and Other Plays (Oxford 1954) | | | Jeffrey Henderson, trans., Staging Women: Three Plays by Aristophanes (Routledge 1996) |
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http://www.luc.edu/faculty/jlong1/C295syll.htm
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| | Beatrice Arthur Quotes |
| | It was so exciting; there was so much theater to see. | | | A, Actor, Anderson, At, Back, Dean, Earl, Entertainer, Hope, I, In, It, James, Lady, Medea, Olivier, Play, S, Saw, School, See, She, So, Studio, There, To, Together, We, Well, Were, White | | | A, Actor, An, And, At, Back, But, Couple, Dean, Earl, Entertainer, Everybody, Exciting, From, Graduated, Great, Had, Her, Hope, I, In, It, Jimmy, Lady, Much, My, Of, Old, Play, S, Saw, School, See, She, So, Studio, The, Theater, Then, There, To, Together, Was, We, Well, Were, White |
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| | MEDEA, THE MUSICAL |
| | This site was awarded a Times Pick by the Los Angeles Times on 6/25/97. | | | last played in the summer of 2000 at | | | The contents of this website are composed and copyrighted © 1996 - 2002 by Bob Fisher. |
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