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One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies

This masterwork centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea — whom he marries and eventually abandons.

“Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.”

“Of all creatures that can feeland think, we women are the worst treated things alive”

“It's human; we all put self interest first.”

Euripides' masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband's insult and betrayal has held theater audiences spellbound for more than twenty centuries.