Euripides' MEDEA Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Jason: Be well assured of this: 'twas not for the woman's sake I wedded
the king's daughter, my present wife; but, as I have already told
thee, I wished to insure thy safety and to be the father of royal
sons bound by blood to my own children-a bulwark to our house.

Medea: May that prosperity, whose end is woe, ne'er be mine, nor such
wealth as would ever sting my heart!

Jason: Change that prayer as I will teach thee, and thou wilt show
more wisdom. Never let happiness appear in sorrow's guise, nor, when
thy fortune smiles, pretend she frowns!

Medea: Mock on; thou hast a place of refuge; I am alone, an exile soon to be.

Jason: Thy own free choice was this; blame no one else.

Medea: What did I do? Marry, then betray thee?

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