The Medea (Classic Reprint): Translated Into English Rhyming Verse With Explanatory Notes - Couverture souple

Euripides Euripides

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440066876 ISBN 13 : 9781440066870

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A legendary queen, driven by fierce love and sharper revenge, confronts betrayal and the limits of justice.

In Euripides’ timeless tragedy, a princess named Medea faces a perilous crossroads after being discarded by her husband, Jason. As she weighs exile, power, and the fate of their children, the play probes how passion and injury can tilt toward acts that scar all involved. The drama unfolds through charged confrontations, a watchful chorus, and a sea of moral questions about loyalty, agency, and the costs of vengeance.

Set against ancient Corinth, the work builds toward a dramatic turning point where private pain collides with public consequence. The tension comes not from grand spectacle alone but from a piercing look at a woman who will not bow to injustice, even as the consequences threaten to engulf everyone she loves.

• Experience a tight, character-driven tragedy that centers Medea’s resolve and inner conflict.
• Watch tense exchanges with Jason, the looming shadow of exile, and a pivotal meeting with a key ally.
• Feel the weight of the chorus as it frames the ethical stakes and the mythic tone of the tale.
• Explore timeless themes of love, power, motherhood, and the price of revenge.

Ideal for readers of classic tragedy and mythic drama, this edition invites you to weigh difficult choices and the human cost of extremity.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Medea of Euripides

The Medea, in spite of its background of wonder and enchantment, is not a romantic play but a tragedy of character and situation. It deals, so to speak, not with the romance itself, but with the end of the romance, a thing which is so terribly often the reverse of romantic. For all but the very highest of romances are apt to have just one flaw somewhere, and in the story of Jason and Medea the flaw was of a fatal kind.

The wildness and beauty of the Argo legend run through all Greek literature, from the mass of Corinthian lays older than our present Iliad, which later writers vaguely associate with the name of Eum us, to the Fourth Pythian Ode of Pindar and the beautiful Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius. Our poet knows the wildness and the beauty; but it is not these qualities that he specially seeks. He takes them almost for granted, and pierces through them to the sheer tragedy that lies below.

Jason, son of Aeson, King of Iolcos, in Thessaly, began his life in exile. His uncle Pelias had seized his fathers kingdom, and Jason was borne away to the mountains by night and given, wrapped in a purple robe, to Chiron, the Centaur.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Medea, in spite of its background of wonder and enchantment, is not a romantic play but a tragedy of character and situation It deals, so to speak, not with the romance itself, but with the end of the romance, a thing which is so terribly often the reverse of romantic. For all but the very highest of romances are apt to have just one flaw somewhere, and in the story of Jason and Medea the flaw was of a fatal kind. The wildness and beauty of the Argo legend run through all Greek literature, from the mass of Corinthian lays older than our present I liad, which later writers vaguely associate with the name of Eumelus, to the Fourth Pythian Ode of Pindar and the beautiful A rgonautica of Apollonius Rhodius. Our poet knows the wildness and the beauty; but it is not these qualities that he specially seeks. He takes them almost for granted, and pierces through them to the sheer tragedy that lies below. Jason, son of A eson, King of lolcos, in Thessaly, began his life in exile. His uncle Pelias had seized his fathers kingdom, and Jason was borne away to the mountains by night and given, wrapped in a purple robe, to Chiron, the Centaur.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440066876
• ISBN 13: 9781440066870
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 111
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Copytech (UK) Ltd, Trading as Printondemand-worldwide.com; gpsr@podww.com; ; 9 Culley Court; Orton Southgate; Peterborough; Cambridgeshire; PE2 6WA; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: Easy Access System Europe Oü, 16879218; +358405003575; gpsr.requests@easproject.com; ; Mustamäe tee 50; Tallinn; 10621; Estonie