MEDEA

MEDEA

ESSAYS ON MEDEA IN MYTH, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND ART

fames J. Clauss and Sarah lies Johnston, Editors

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PRINCETON, NEWJERSEY COPYRIGHT © 1997 BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 41 WILLIAM STREET, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08540 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The cover shows Frederick Sandys' Medea, painted be- tween 1866 and 1868. The painting was accepted for the Royal Academy in 1868 but was not exhibited, which brought storms of protest from the art world of the time. The model for the painting was probably Sandys' mistress, a gypsy named Keomi. The painting is reproduced here with the kind permission of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-1N-PUBLICATION DATA Medea: essays on Medea in myth, literature, philosophy, and art / James J. Clauss and Sarah lies Johnston, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-04377-9 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-691-04376-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Medea (Greek mythology). 2. Medea (Greek mythology) in literature. 3. Medea (Greek mythology) in art. 4. Philosophy, Ancient. I. Clauss, James Joseph. II. Johnston, Sarah lies, 1957-. BL820.M37M43 1997 292.2'13—dc20 96-8537

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