{"product_id":"medea-a-life-hardcover","title":"Medea: A Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of Medea, a maligned and misunderstood woman of Greek mythology, from one of Britain's foremost classicists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMothers who kill their children are universally abhorred but perennially fascinating. In this book, the award-winning scholar Edith Hall explores the possibility that Medea, mythology's archetypal murderous mother, could be based on a historical figure who migrated to Greece in the late Bronze Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedea has appeared in countless works of art--plays, operas, musicals, ballets, movies, poems, paintings, sculptures, and novels--but until now no one has written a biography of her. Through meticulous research and fast-paced narrative, Hall brings new life to Medea's story, from her lonely childhood on the shores of the Black Sea through her dramatic escape with Jason and the Argonauts, the murders and attempted palace coup in Thessaly, her deadly revenge in Corinth, and her final exile in Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn reframing a figure long reduced to villainy, Hall restores Medea's humanity, illuminating a woman pushed to extremes by betrayal and displacement--a brilliant, embattled outsider navigating the violent patriarchies of the ancient Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. She is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eEpic of the Earth: Reading Homer's \"Iliad\" in the Fight for a Dying World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFacing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Cambridgeshire, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.59 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48746727964893,"sku":"9780300270723","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/9xQKrHEmJN9780300270723.webp?v=1789887088","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/medea-a-life-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}