The Medea
Euripides 480? - 406? B.C.
Female Tragic Mask

The
Medea Homepage � Collection of links about Medea: ancient and modern criticism, reviews of productions, operas, adaptations, artworks, and more. http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/
world_literature/medea.html

Medea, the Musical � Provides a number of links to classical resources both about Medea specifically and about the classical world in general. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and start by clicking on �Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Links.�  http://www.showgate.com/medea/

Teaching Euripides' Medea � collection of links to a large number of resources on Medea.  http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/Medea.html

Women in the Greek World
� background information, sources, lecture notes, links for Medea.   http://www.lamp.ac.uk/~davidnoy/greek.htm

Classics Technology Center
� go to the link for Euripides� Medea to find  Professor Dunkle�s  �Exercise for Reading, Comprehension, and Interpretation.� http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/stdygde.htm

Study Guide For Euripides'
Medea � not as detailed as other guides, but the questions are good.  http://www.temple.edu/classics/medea.html

Female Choruses in Greek Tragedy
� excellent study of the effects of a �feminized� chorus.  http://didaskalia.berkeley.edu/issues/vol4no1/
deForest.html

The Chorus as Actor in Euripides' Medea � brief study of how the choral odes are �essential to the meaning of the play.� http://www.usask.ca/antharch/cnea/abstracts/segal.html

The Use of the Chorus in Recent Productions of the
Medea � refutes the notion that �as almost anyone who has ever seen a Greek play can attest, the chorus is every director's nightmare. It almost never �works�.� http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic/Arts/CC96/hazel.htm

Reason Versus Passion in
Medea � analysis of one of the central conflicts in the play.  http://literatureclassics.com/showessay.asp?IDNo=156

Classical Women: Medea
� essay defending Medea as a �victim of oppression.�  http://www.chalacyn.com/~talyce/text/medea.html

Mythological Background to Euripides'
Medea � The Medea legend in Classical mythology.  http://www.usask.ca/antharch/cnea/
CourseNotes/MedBckgnd.html

Ancient History Sourcebook � Biography of Euripides, brief analysis of the popularity of Medea.  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-euripides.html

Ancient Greek Drama
� links to homepages on all major Greek playwrights.  http://literature.cbel.com/Ancient_Greek_Drama/
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