She’s Everything, He’s Just Jason… Seneca’s Medea Part 2

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Continuing on our first ever Roman tragedy... Seneca's Medea is mouthier, angrier, and even more vengeful and violent than Euripides, and I'm here for it. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Seneca's Medea, Oxford Classics edition translated by Emily Wilson; Seneca's Medea translated by Frank Justus Miller. Check out the Spotify playlist on past episodes featuring Medea and Jason, including the story that leads to when this play takes place.

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1:10.1	Deep in the mountains of Greece, the country's most-wanted man has been on the run for over
1:15.4	a decade.
1:17.2	He's a bank robber, here a barrage of shots, a kidnapper, bang, bang, bang, bang.
1:22.8	But to many Greeks, he's a hero.
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