Medea

by Euripides · 431 BCE

Gilbert Murray's translation, 1910. 2 parts, about 16,307 words, 74 minutes of reading. Source edition.

Introduction2,081 words
Medea1 passage · 14,226 words

Passages the guide marks

Of all creatures that have breath and understanding, we women are the most wretched.
Line 230
I would rather stand three times in the line of battle than give birth once.
Lines 250-251 · Read it in Medea
I understand what evil I am about to do, but my anger is stronger than my deliberations, anger that is the cause of the greatest sufferings among men.
Lines 1078-1080
A woman is full of fear and useless in a fight, but when she is wronged in her marriage there is no mind more murderous.
Lines 263-266

About this text

Public domain in the United States; the Project Gutenberg edition is free of restrictions under the Project Gutenberg License. Translated by Gilbert Murray. It is not the edition the programs assign; the guide names that one, and the buy links there point at it.

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