TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boedeker,Deborah
AU  - Bremmer,Jan
AU  - Clauss,James
AU  - Clauss,James J.
AU  - Dillon,John
AU  - Graf,Fritz
AU  - Inwood,Christiane
AU  - Johnston,Sarah
AU  - Johnston,Sarah Iles
AU  - Krevans,Nita
AU  - McDonald,Marianne
AU  - Newlands,Carole
AU  - Nussbaum,Martha
AU  - O'Higgins,Dolores
TI  - Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art 
SN  - 9780691215082
AV  - BL820.M37 M43 1997eb
U1  - 292.2/13 22
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Aegeus
KW  - Apsyrtus
KW  - Battus and Battiads
KW  - Boreas
KW  - Chalciope
KW  - Chryssipus
KW  - Creon (of Corinth)
KW  - Cyrene
KW  - Delphi
KW  - Demonax
KW  - Dioscuri
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Eumelus
KW  - Euphamus
KW  - Galen
KW  - Hecate
KW  - Helen
KW  - Lamia
KW  - Lemnian women
KW  - Libya
KW  - Lilith
KW  - Medeus (Medus)
KW  - Mormo
KW  - Neophron
KW  - Peliades
KW  - Philomela
KW  - Phrixus
KW  - Procris
KW  - Talus
KW  - Tarpeia
KW  - Xenakis, G
KW  - chariot of the Sun
KW  - fratricide
KW  - infanticide
KW  - kourotrophoi
KW  - rejuvenation
KW  - reproductive demons
KW  - serpent, imagery of
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I: MYTHIC REPRESENTATIONS --; 1 Medea, the Enchantress from Afar: Remarks on a Well-Known Myth --; 2 Corinthian Medea and the Cult of Hera Akraia --; 3 Medea as Foundation-Heroine --; 4 Why Did Medea Kill Her Brother Apsyrtus? --; PART II: LITERARY PORTRAITS --; 5 Medea as Muse: Pindar's Pythian 4 --; 6 Becoming Medea: Assimilation in Euripides --; 7 Conquest of the Mephistophelian Nausicaa: Medea's Role in Apollonius' Redefinition of the Epic Hero --; 8 The Metamorphosis of Ovid's Medea --; PART III: UNDER PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION --; 9 Medea among the Philosophers --; 10 Serpents in the Soul: A Reading of Seneca's Medea --; PART IV: BEYOND THE EURIPIDEAN STAGE --; 11 Medea at a Shifting Distance: Images and Euripidean Tragedy --; 12 Medea as Politician and Diva: Riding the Dragon into the Future --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS --; INDEX LOCORUM --; GENERAL INDEX; restricted access
N2  - From the dawn of European literature, the figure of Medea--best known as the helpmate of Jason and murderer of her own children--has inspired artists in all fields throughout all centuries. Euripides, Seneca, Corneille, Delacroix, Anouilh, Pasolini, Maria Callas, Martha Graham, Samuel Barber, and Diana Rigg are among the many who have given Medea life on stage, film, and canvas, through music and dance, from ancient Greek drama to Broadway. In seeking to understand the powerful hold Medea has had on our imaginations for nearly three millennia, a group of renowned scholars here 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. Unlike most mythic figures, whose attributes remain constant throughout mythology, Medea is continually changing in the wide variety of stories that circulated during antiquity. She appears as enchantress, helper-maiden, infanticide, fratricide, kidnapper, founder of cities, and foreigner. Not only does Medea's checkered career illuminate the opposing concepts of self and other, it also suggests the disturbing possibility of otherness within self. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Fritz Graf, Nita Krevans, Jan Bremmer, Dolores M. O'Higgins, Deborah Boedeker, Carole E. Newlands, John M. Dillon, Martha C. Nussbaum, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, and Marianne McDonald
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