Seneca: Medea

Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca''s treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of Euripides'' Greek version, enabling instructive comparisons to be drawn. Seneca''s Medea has challenge...