About the lecture

In this module, Lucy talks about the character of Medea in Greek myth, and what the original Athenian audience might have thought about the character before she stepped out in Euripides' version in 431 BC. The module also looks at the presentation of Medea after Euripides, including Seneca's version in the 1st Century AD and Pasolini's film in the 1960s.

About the lecturer

Lucy Jackson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Her research interests include Greek drama in the classical period, particularly Greek tragedy and Greek choral performance. Her most recent book is The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE (Oxford, 2019).