Quotes from workMedea
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the "barbarian" kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by murdering Jason's new wife as well as her own children , after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life.
“Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.”
Variant translation (by Paul Roche): For nothing is like the sorrow or supersedes the sadness of losing your native land.
Source: Medea (431 BC), Line 653 (translated by David Kovacs: Perseus Digital Library)
“I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.”
Source: Medea (431 BC), Line 1078
“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow,
A herb most bruised is woman.”
Source: Medea (431 BC), Lines 230–231 in Gilbert Murray's translation ( p. 15 https://archive.org/stream/medeatranslatedi00euriuoft#page/15/mode/1up)
Source: Medea (431 BC), lines 1268-1270; David Kovacs' translation
