Medea by Euripides

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"This paper examines the various themes to be found in Medea,
the play by Euripides, the 5th-century playwright and friend of
Socrates (70-115). Euripides? play dramatizes the well-known legend of the journeys of Medea, granddaughter of Helios, god of the sun, and her husband Jason. According to this Greek legend Jason, an Argonaut, travels to Colchis on the Black Sea, where, with the help of Medea, he manages to secure the Golden Fleece. Medea, who is a sorceress of significant power, facilitates her escape and that of Jason from Colchis, chiefly by murdering her own brother. When Jason returns to his native Iolcus, he finds that his uncle, Pelias, has cheated him of his father's throne. Medea takes it upon herself to intervene again, on Jason's behalf, in the struggle by getting the daughters of Pelias to slay the ruler. And, once again, the couple takes flight and begins their lives(...)"

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