Table of Contents for Clauss, J.J. and Johnston, S.I., eds.: Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art.

Medea:
Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art
Edited by James J. Clauss & Sarah Iles Johnston

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction 3
1 Medea, the Enchantress from Afar: Remarks on a Well-Known Myth 21
2 Corinthian Medea and the Cult of Hera Akraia 44
3 Medea as Foundation-Heroine 71
4 Why Did Medea Kill Her Brother Apsyrtus? 83
5 Medea as Muse: Pindar's Pythian 4 103
6 Becoming Medea: Assimilation in Euripides 127
7 Conquest of the Mephistophelian Nausicaa: Medea's Role in Apollonius' Redefinition of the Epic Hero 149
8 The Metamorphosis of Ovid's Medea 178
9 Medea among the Philosophers 211
10 Serpents in the Soul: A Reading of Seneca's Medea 219
11 Medea at a Shifting Distance: Images and Euripidean Tragedy 253
12 Medea as Politician and Diva: Riding the Dragon into the Future 297
Bibliography 325
List of Contributors 351
Index Locorum 353
General Index 369