A new edition of the Latin text, with a facing English prose translation, of one of Rome's most notorious and ferocious plays.A new edition of the Latin text, with a facing English prose translation, of one of Rome's most notorious and ferocious plays.Preface INTRODUCTION 1. The author 2. The development of tragedy 3. Seneca and the myth of Medea 4. Seneca's Medea 5. The Medea as literature 6. Seneca's Medea and the question of staging 7. The Manuscript tradtion TEXT AND TRANSLATION COMMENTARY Abbreviations Bibliography Index