Not much to this version of the Medea myth from Seneca. The version by Euripides is far superior in every respect. The story line is the same, but there is nothing new that Seneca's version brings to the myth. Moreover, it has none of the power, the raw energy of the Greek version. By comparision, Seneca's Medea is tame and much too civilized to kill her own children. There is some bitterness and resentment, but not the horrific vengeance of the Medea of the myth. It lacks the Dionysian force of the Greek original.
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