Medea

This is a brilliant, new, and exclusive translation of Euripides' groundbreaking play. Medea shattered the mold of Aristotelian tragedy and portrayed the sorceress not as a madwoman, but as a woman pushed to the limits of her endurance by the man for whom she has sacrificed everything. Euripides' Athenian audience would have been familiar with Medea and Jason's backstory, and this is what makes the play—and this early feminist character—such an intriguing study. If you teach any Greek tragedy in your literature or drama class, this is one your students will appreciate.