The Medea

Euripides

Original title: Medea

earliest edition we have, 1969 Free Press, 2008 85 pages

Cambridge Greek and Latin classics

"Medea has been betrayed. Her husband, Jason, has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strongwilled and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and most horrifying, revenge possible." "Euripides' devastating tragedy is shockingly...

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This book in English

Gilbert Murray 2 printings we hold · 2004 · Kessinger Publishing
Diane Arnson Svarlien 2 printings we hold · 2008 · Hackett Pub Co Inc
Raphael, Frederic 1 printing we hold · 1995 · Nick Hern Books
Alistar Elliott 1 printing we hold · 1997 · Nick Hern Books
Alistair Elliot 1 printing we hold · 1999 · Theatre Communications Group
Robin Robertson 1 printing we hold · 2008 · Random House UK

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Editions we hold

Medea edition · 2010 · Oxbow · 392 pages · 9780856687884
Medea paperback · 2009 · Vintage Classics · 112 pages · 9780099511779
Medea paperback · 2008 · Hackett Pub Co Inc · 104 pages · 9780872209237
Medea hardcover · 2008 · Hackett · 71 pages · 9780872209244
Medea edition · 2008 · Free Press · 85 pages · 9781416592235
Medea (Vintage Classics) hardcover · 2008 · Random House UK · 96 pages · 9780099511762
Medea edition · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781407014005
The Medea Of Euripides hardcover · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 170 pages · 9780548262160
The Medea Of Euripides paperback · 2007 · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 172 pages · 9781432666187
Medea paperback · 2007 · FQ Classics · 56 pages · 9781599869117
Medea edition · 2006 · Oxford University Press · 116 pages
Medea paperback · 2005 · Logoreci · 96 pages

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