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¿Sabían que en la mitología griega, la figura de Medea no siempre fue retratada como una mujer que termina con la vida de sus propios hijos, sino que esta versión fue una innovación dramática de Eurípides para su tragedia del año 431 a. C.?

En las tradiciones orales y registros históricos anteriores, los hijos de Medea y Jasón morían a manos de los ciudadanos de Corinto como represalia por los actos de su madre o por un accidente ritual en el templo de Hera, donde Medea intentaba hacerlos inmortales. Existen registros documentales que sugieren que Eurípides recibió un pago de quince talentos de plata por parte de los corintios para modificar el relato y limpiar el nombre de su ciudad, trasladando la culpa absoluta del acto hacia la figura de la hechicera de la Cólquide.

Desde una perspectiva genealógica, Medea es nieta de Helios, el dios sol, y sobrina de Circe, lo que la sitúa en el linaje de las deidades solares poseedoras del "pharmakon" o conocimiento de las sustancias naturales. Su dominio sobre los venenos y las artes de la transformación no era considerado algo sobrenatural en el contexto de la época, sino una ciencia antigua vinculada a la naturaleza y a la genealogía divina que le permitía manipular la biología y la materia según su voluntad.

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: I hope the man who does not honour his friends, the man who does not open an honest heart to them, I hope that man dies a horrible, a miserable death. Such a man will certainly never be a friend of mine!
 
[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἀχάριστος ὄλοιθ᾽ ὅτῳ πάρεστιν
   μὴ φίλους τιμᾶν καθαρᾶν ἀνοί-
   ξαντα κλῇδα φρενῶν: ἐμοὶ
   μὲν φίλος οὔποτ᾽ ἔσται.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 659ff, Antistrophe 2 (431 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82775/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 659ff, Antistrophe 2 (431 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2004)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: I hope the man who does not honour his friends, the man who does not open an honest heart to them, I hope that man dies a horrible, a miserable death. Such a man will certainly never be a friend of mine! [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἀχάριστος ὄλοιθ᾽ ὅτῳ πάρεστιν μὴ φίλους…

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: May I know the blessing of a heart that is not passion’s slave; no fairer gift can the gods bestow. But may the dread Cyprian never inflict upon me quarrelsome moods and insatiable strife, firing my heart with love for a stranger; may she rather show respect for marriages where peace reigns and judge with a shrewd eye the loves of women.
   
ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: στέργοι δέ με σωφροσύνα, δώρημα κάλλιστον θεῶν:
 μηδέ ποτ᾽ ἀμφιλόγους ὀργὰς ἀκόρεστά τε νείκη
 θυμὸν ἐκπλήξασ᾽ ἑτέροις ἐπὶ λέκτροις
 προσβάλοι δεινὰ Κύπρις, ἀπτολέμους δ᾽
 εὐνὰς σεβίζουσ᾽ ὀξύφρων
 κρίνοι λέχη γυναικῶν.

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 636ff, Second Stasimon, Antistrophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Davie (1996)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82632/

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CHORUS: May I know the blessing of a heart that is not passion’s slave; no fairer gift can the gods bestow. But may the dread Cyprian never inflict upon me quarrelsome moods and insatiable strife, firing my heart with love for a stranger; may she rather show respect for marriages…

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: Never, oh goddess, let fly at me an inescapable arrow
from your golden bow, after you drench it in desire.
 
[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: μήποτ᾽, ὦ δέσποιν᾽, ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ χρυσέων
τόξων ἀφείης ἱμέρῳ
χρίσασ᾽ ἄφυκτον οἰστόν.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 633ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Luschnig (2007)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82505/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 633ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Luschnig (2007)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: Never, oh goddess, let fly at me an inescapable arrow from your golden bow, after you drench it in desire. [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: μήποτ᾽, ὦ δέσποιν᾽, ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ χρυσέων τόξων ἀφείης ἱμέρῳ χρίσασ᾽ ἄφυκτον οἰστόν.] Addressing Aphrodite/Venus. (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Thy wrath, O Venus, still forbear, Nor at my tender…

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: Visitations of love that come
   Raging and violent on a man
   Bring him neither good repute nor goodness.
   But if Aphrodite descends in gentleness
   No other goddess brings such delight.
 
[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν
   οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν: εἰ δ᾽ ἅλις ἔλθοι
   Κύπρις, οὐκ ἄλλα θεὸς εὔχαρις οὕτως.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 627ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82200/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 627ff, Second Stasimon, Strophe 1 (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

CHORUS: Visitations of love that come Raging and violent on a man Bring him neither good repute nor goodness. But if Aphrodite descends in gentleness No other goddess brings such delight. [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν: εἰ δ᾽ ἅλις ἔλθοι Κύπρις, οὐκ ἄλλα…

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