Medea

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Medea is the archetypal wronged women driven to despair. When uncontrollable anger is unleashed, the obs essed mind''s capacity for revenge knows no bounds '

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Spend much time with this novel and youll become convinced [Cusk] is one of the smartest writers alive * The New York Times Book Review *

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One of the greatest and most influential of the Greek tragedians, Euripides, is said to have produced 92 plays, the first of which appeared in 455BC. Alistair Elliot's translations of Greek drama include works by Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophocles. His published work includes Euripides' 'Alcestis'; collections of verse translations, 'French Love Poems', 'Italian Landscape Poems', 'Roman Food Poems'; and seven collections of original poems. Further information can be found on his Wikipedia entry.