Medea under Rehabilitation. From Murderess to “Perfect Mother”
Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Philologica
Year: 2025

The present study aims to present and discuss the complex and controversial character of Medea in several literary works spanning different periods. Starting from the earliest literary sources, such as Euripides’s and Seneca’s Medea, which present her as a murderess, the study primarily focuses on Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s 1996 novel, Medea and Her Children, where the protagonist appears quite the opposite: a calm and helpful “mother.” Thereby, the paper tries to trace and highlight the characteristi