In conceptualizing her own Medea, Travieso felt pressured to pick one characterization angle and stand by it. But reducing one of history’s strongest women to a single dimension came with a litany of ...

From the towering heights of Mount Olympus to the deep passions of human hearts, Greek mythology has captivated the ...

With modern media’s growing offerings of female-centered retellings of classical tales, the ancient Greek myth of vengeful sorceress Medea may not seem so appealing. Medea, who takes revenge on her ...

Mythologist and novelist Natalie Haynes centers Medea, not Jason, in the classic myth in her new book, "No Friend to This House." Has mythology given Medea a bad rap? Has her story been distorted ...

Rachael Kohn: She was beautiful, she married the man she loved, and then, she killed their children! Hello, this is The Ark on ABC Radio National, with me, Rachael Kohn. Medea is a figure from ancient ...

Some characters in Greek myths shine with bright heroism. Others glow with quiet wisdom. Then there are characters like Medea who burn with such intense power that you never forget them. Medea is ...

According to the director, the character in the tale “could be a male or a female, or Medea or Phaedra, or any other mythological figure.” The reason, he suggests, is that Klim does not explore the ...