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Dive into the chilling world of Medea, a powerful fabula crepidata penned by Seneca the Younger around 50 CE. This gripping Roman play, known for its intense emotional depth, explores the harrowing tale of Medeas revenge against her unfaithful husband Jason and the conniving King Creon, who has orchestrated Jasons marriage to his daughter. With Medea delivering more than half of the lines, her unyielding voice resonates throughout the play, symbolizing justice for the transgressions against divine order. Themes of vengeance, power, and the struggles against silencing the truth abound in this ...

Euripides' tragedy focuses on the disintegration of the relationship between Jason, the hero who captured the Golden Fleece, and Medea, the sorceress who returned with him to Corinth and had two sons with him. As the play opens, Jason plans to marry the daughter of King Creon, and the lovesick Medea plots how to take her revenge.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe

Delve into the intense and dramatic tale of "Medea" by Euripides. This classic Greek tragedy explores themes of revenge, passion, and betrayal as Medea takes drastic actions against her unfaithful husband. A powerful and thought-provoking story that continues to resonate with audiences.

Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BCE. The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a barbarian and the wife of Jason; she 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. Considered shocking to the playwright's contemporaries, Medea and the suite of plays that it accompanied in the City Dionysia festival came...

Eine große Möglichkeit die Geschichte der Medea zu erfahren. Die Übersetzungen der fremdsprachigen Texte stammen von Kurt Roeske. Die Kompositionen der Paraphrasen von Anno Schreier. Die musikalische Ausführung übernahm der Oboist Christian Petrenz.