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Medea

Euripides

Form
Form Play
Year
Year 431 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 50

Abandoned by the husband she gave up everything for, a foreign princess takes the one revenge that will cost him most, even though it costs her children their lives.

I would gladly take my stand in battle array three times o'er, than once give birth.
Medea, Euripides

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