Medea 
Subtitle: Essays On Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art
Contributors: James Joseph Clauss (Editor); Sarah Iles Johnston (Editor)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 17, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780691043777
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literary studies: general; Plays & playwrights; Mythology; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Ancient Philosophy; Religion; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Medea (Greek mythology) in lit; Ancient and Classical; Antiquities & Archaeology; Philosophy, Ancient; Folklore & Mythology; Art; Medea (Greek mythology); Medea (Greek mythology) in literature
First sentence: TO THOSE OF US who have grown up with it, Greek myth seems to consist of stories about individual, noninterchangeable figures-Odysseus, Orestes, or indeed Medea-each of whom seems to have been shaped by a single, authoritative literary work: Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus' Oresteia, Euripides' Medea.
Description: This collection of essays examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological, and cultural questions these portrayals raise. The result is a comprehensive and nuanced look at one of the most captivating mythic figures of all time.