Word: medea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON ANCIENT ARTS.There will be an illustrated lecture on Euripides and the story of the Medea in Ancient Art by Dr. Morgan at the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Friday...
...Morgan of the Greek department will shortly give a lecture in the Jefferson Physical laboratory, on the representations of the "Medea" in art. The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views...
...chosing subjects for their dramas the writers of tragedy were limited. Tragedy dealt with the gods, and the story represented must be some wellknown myth, one which the whole audience knew in its main outlines. The story of the Medea of Euripides was told at this point to illustrate this. The writers of comedy were not thus limited, but were allowed to give free rein to their originality. This is Illustrated in the "Clouds," where Aristophanes attacks the new spirit of inquiry and culture which was growing up at Athens...
...Lawton gave his second reading in the "Medea of Euripides" last night in Sever...
Before beginning the translation itself, Mr. Lawton briefly reviewed the story of the Medea and gave a short synopsis of the principal scenes and characters in the play, so that those who were not at the first lecture might be made thoroughly familiar with the personality and surroundings of the drama. Mr. Lawton began his reading at the third Episode and finished the play. He did not attempt to give a dramatic delivery of the story, but to tell it in such a way that an intelligent comprehension of its true greatness might be gained by the audience. Mr. Lawton...