Medea and Other Plays

The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.

Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have bought a husband, we must then accept him as possessor of our body.

Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name of the "middle way".

Yes, I can endure guilt, however horrible; The laughter of my enemies I will not endure. Now

O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.