Gallery | Many Faces of Medea
A priestess, a woman with magical powers, a mother, a lover, a woman abandoned by her husband, and a murderer. There are many faces of Medea. Read more
Medea
Book Club | August 2018: Argonautica, Books 3 & 4
"Hereupon Jason snatched the golden fleece from the oak, at the maiden bidding; and she, standing firm, smeared with the charm the monster's head... so at that time did Jason uplift the mighty fleece in his hands; and from the shimmering of the flocks of wool there settled on his fair cheeks and brow a red flush like a flame." This month we complete our reading of Argonautica with Books… Read more
Open House | Heroine cult and tragedy, with Richard P. Martin
We were pleased to welcome Professor Richard P Martin (Stanford University), for an Open House discussion about heroine cult and tragedy, with special reference to the Medea of Euripides. There is a handout of the slides available as a PDF. Read more
Core Vocab: mētis
Following on from our discussion of biā / biē it seems natural to continue with another, contrasting Core Vocab word: mētis [μῆτις] glossed by Gregory Nagy as ‘artifice, stratagem, cunning intelligence’. It's a word I immediately associate with Odysseus, and in particular his cunning ploy with the Cyclops. But to which other heroes, and in what contexts, does it also appear? Read more
Hour 25 Celebrates the “Heroization” of Euripides’ Medea
In 2014 members of Hour 25 shared a revised translation of Sophocles' Antigone that matches and complements the Sourcebook of Primary Texts in Translation as used in HeroesX. This year Hour 25 members planned an intensive, collaborative workshop to "heroize" another ancient Greek text, Euripides' Medea. Read more