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The story of Medea, a maligned and misunderstood woman of Greek mythology, from one of Britain's foremost classicists
Mothers who kill their children are universally abhorred but perennially fascinating. In this book, the award-winning scholar Edith Hall explores the possibility that Medea, mythology's archetypal murderous mother, could be based on a historical figure who migrated to Greece in the late Bronze Age.
Medea has appeared in countless works of art-plays, operas, musicals, ballets, movies, poems, paintings, sculptures, and novels-but until now no one has written a biography of her. Through meticulous research and fast-paced narrative, Hall brings new life to Medea's story, from her lonely childhood on the shores of the Black Sea through her dramatic escape with Jason and the Argonauts, the murders and attempted palace coup in Thessaly, her deadly revenge in Corinth, and her final exile in Athens.
In reframing a figure long reduced to villainy, Hall restores Medea's humanity, illuminating a woman pushed to extremes by betrayal and displacement-a brilliant, embattled outsider navigating the violent patriarchies of the ancient Mediterranean.
The story of Medea, a maligned and misunderstood woman of Greek mythology, from one of Britain's foremost classicists
Mothers who kill their children are universally abhorred but perennially fascinating. In this book, the award-winning scholar Edith Hall explores the possibility that Medea, mythology's archetypal murderous mother, could be based on a historical figure who migrated to Greece in the late Bronze Age.
Medea has appeared in countless works of art-plays, operas, musicals, ballets, movies, poems, paintings, sculptures, and novels-but until now no one has written a biography of her. Through meticulous research and fast-paced narrative, Hall brings new life to Medea's story, from her lonely childhood on the shores of the Black Sea through her dramatic escape with Jason and the Argonauts, the murders and attempted palace coup in Thessaly, her deadly revenge in Corinth, and her final exile in Athens.
In reframing a figure long reduced to villainy, Hall restores Medea's humanity, illuminating a woman pushed to extremes by betrayal and displacement-a brilliant, embattled outsider navigating the violent patriarchies of the ancient Mediterranean.
Edith Hall is a professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. She is the author of numerous books, including Epic of the Earth: Reading Homer's "Iliad" in the Fight for a Dying World and Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me. She lives in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Maps
Family Tree
Introduction
Act One. A Colchis Childhood
Act Two. Escape on the Argo
Act Three. Trouble in Thessaly
Act Four. Crisis in Corinth
Act Five. Asylum in Athens
Medea's Afterlives
Medea as Women's Heroine
Note on Sources
Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Gattungen & Methoden, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780300270723 |
| ISBN-10: | 0300270720 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Hall, Edith |
| Hersteller: | Yale University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Abbildungen: | 23 b-w illus. |
| Maße: | 220 x 141 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Edith Hall |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.09.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,37 kg |
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