CLAS 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Iolcos, Golden Fleece, Pelias

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2520
• Professor: Rob Nau

Document Summary

Class 16 jaso(cid:374) a(cid:374)d medea | cad(cid:373)us part 1. [ ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the te(cid:454)t o(cid:374) euripides(cid:859) medea; 497-507] 225-270 medea convinces the chorus of corinthian women to side with her if she wants revenge. Medea an unexpected chance has struck me down. Forsaking all the charm that life once held. There was a time, my friends, when in my heart. My husband stood as the type of all good things . Of all the creatures who have heart and soul. All that we have we give to buy a husband. And, even worse, a tyrant of all we are. A dreadful gamble, be he good or bad, For no escape lies open to a woman, Blindly she enters a new estate, new ways. Untaught at home, she now needs second sight. To learn to deal with him she sleeps beside. If she succeeds, if her husband is content. Can take an evening off from household cares.