The Euripides’ Medea and the expulsion of miasma: a ritual dramatized topic
Abstract
In its final verses, the tragedy Medea of Euripides contains an allusion to the ritual of the expulsion of miasma (E. Med. 1378-1383). The reference evokes the annual rites of purification that were held in the city of Corinth in memory of the murder of the Medea’s children. If the whole play is analysed, it will be possible to clarify the way in which very similar allusions are frequently dramatized throughout the tragedy. The repetition of the same topics foresees the final scene of the play, in which the main character must be thrown out due to the bloodshed of her own children
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