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		<title>Euripides -- Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1389ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JASON: The curse of children&#8217;s blood be on you! Avenging Justice, blast your being! MEDEA: What god will hear your imprecation, Oath-breaker, guest-deceiver, liar? [ἸΆΣΩΝ: ἀλλά σ᾽ Ἐρινὺς ὀλέσειε τέκνων φονία τε Δίκη. ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: τίς δὲ κλύει σοῦ θεὸς ἢ δαίμων, τοῦ ψευδόρκου καὶ ξειναπάτου;] Jason and Medea bickering after she has murdered their children. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JASON: The curse of children&#8217;s blood be on you!<br />
<span class="tab">Avenging Justice, blast your being!<br />
MEDEA: What god will hear your imprecation,<br />
<span class="tab">Oath-breaker, guest-deceiver, liar?</p>
<p>[ἸΆΣΩΝ: ἀλλά σ᾽ Ἐρινὺς ὀλέσειε τέκνων<br />
<span class="tab">φονία τε Δίκη.<br />
ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: τίς δὲ κλύει σοῦ θεὸς ἢ δαίμων,<br />
<span class="tab">τοῦ ψευδόρκου καὶ ξειναπάτου;]</span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>Euripides</b> (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist<br><i>Medea</i> [Μήδεια], l. 1389ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri/page/60/mode/2up?q=%22the+curse+of+children%27s%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Jason and Medea bickering after she has murdered their children.<br><br>

(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=foni/a">Source (Greek)</a>). Other translations: <br><br>

<blockquote>JASON: May the Erinnys of our slaughter'd Sons,<br>
<span class="tab">And Justice, who requites each murderous deed,<br>
<span class="tab">Destroy you utterly!<br>
MEDEA:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Will any God<br>
<span class="tab">Or Demon hear thy curses, O thou wretch,<br>
<span class="tab">False to thy oath, and to the sacred laws of hospitality?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/nineteentragedi01wodhgoog/page/310/mode/2up?q=%22may+the+erinnys%22">Wodhull</a> (1782)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: May th' Erinnys of thy sons destroy,<br>
<span class="tab">And Justice, which for blood vindictive calls<br>
<span class="tab">For blood.<br>
MEDEA:<span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">What god will hear thee, or what fury,<br>
<span class="tab">Thou perjur'd base betrayer of the rights<br>
<span class="tab">Of hospitality?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bacch%C3%A6_Ion_Alcestis_Medea_Hippolytu/L8tCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Erinnys%20of%20thy%22">Potter</a> (1814)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: But thee may thy children's Erinnys slay<br>
<span class="tab">And Vengeance for blood.<br>
MEDEA: And who among gods and friends will hear thee,<br>
<span class="tab">Betrayer of strangers and breaker of oaths?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Medea_(Webster_1868)#:~:text=our%20wedding%20tie.-,Jason.,friends%20will%20hear%20thee%2C%0ABetrayer%20of%20strangers%20and%20breaker%20of%20oaths%3F,-1410%20(1392)">Webster</a> (1868)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: The curse of our sons' avenging spirit and of Justice, that calls for blood, be on thee!<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: What god or power divine hears thee, breaker of oaths and every law of hospitality?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Plays_of_Euripides_(Coleridge)/Medea#:~:text=Jas.%20The%20curse,law%20of%20hospitality%3F">Coleridge</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: But may the Fury of the children, and Justice the avenger of murder, destroy thee.<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: But what God or Deity hears thee, thou perjured man, and traitor to the rights of hospitality?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15081/pg15081-images.html#MEDEA:~:text=JAS.%20But%20may,rights%20of%20hospitality%3F">Buckley</a> (1892)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: Now the Fury-avenger of children smite thee,<br>
<span class="tab">And Justice that looketh on murder requite thee!<br>
MEDEA: What God or what spirit will heed thy request,<br>
<span class="tab">Caitiff forsworn, who betrayest the guest?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedies_of_Euripides_(Way)/Medea#:~:text=bridal%27s%20bitter%20ending.-,Jason.,spirit%20will%20heed%20thy%20request%2C%0ACaitiff%20forsworn%2C%20who%20betrayest%20the%20guest%3F,-Jason.">Way</a> (Loeb) (1894)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: May They that hear the weeping child<br>
<span class="tab">Blast thee, and They that walk in blood!<br>
MEDEA: Thy broken vows, thy friends beguiled<br>
<span class="tab">Have shut for thee the ears of God.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35451/pg35451-images.html#:~:text=slowly%20borne%20away.-,Jason.,thy%20friends%20beguiled%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Have%20shut%20for%20thee%20the%20ears%20of%20God.,-Jason.">Murray</a> (1906)]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: May a Fury for the children’s sake destroy you, <br>
<span class="tab">And justice, Requitor of blood.<br>
MEDEA: What heavenly power lends an ear <br>
<span class="tab">To a breaker of oaths, a deceiver?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-warner.ocr/page/106/mode/2up?q=%22may+a+fury%22">Warner</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: May the children’s avenging Fury and Justice<br>
<span class="tab">For murder destroy you?<br>
MEDEA: What god, what spirit, listens to you,<br>
<span class="tab">Breaker of oaths, deceiver of friends?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-podlecki_20220818/page/75/mode/2up?q=%22avenging+fury%22">Podlecki</a> (1989)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: May the Fury that punishes your children's death, and Justice the murderous, destroy you utterly!<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: What god or power above will listen to you, who broke your oath and deceived a stranger?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0114%3Acard%3D1389#:~:text=Jason%0AMay%20the,deceived%20a%20stranger%3F">Kovacs</a> (Loeb) (1994)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: May you be struck down by our children's avenging curse and Justice who punishes murder!<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: What god, what spirit listens to you, the breaker of oaths, the deceiver of hosts?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri_d3q9/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22be+struck+down%22">Davie</a> (1996)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: But the Fury will punish you!  The Fury and Justice will destroy you, for committing the murder of your own children.<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: Which god or spirit will listen to you, Jason? You, who tells lies to foreigners and dishonours them?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://bacchicstage.wpcomstaging.com/euripides/medea/#:~:text=Jason%3A%0ABut%20the,foreigners%20and%20dishonours%20them%3F">Theodoridis</a> (2004)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: But may the Avenger of children destroy you <br>
<span class="tab">and Justice that haunts murderers.<br>
MEDEA: What god or divine spirit would listen to you <br>
<span class="tab">an oath-breaker and deceiver of guests? <br>
[tr. <a href="https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/euripides-medea/#:~:text=Jason%C2%A0%0ABut%20may%20the%20Avenger%20of%20children%20destroy%20you%C2%A0%0Aand%20Justice%20that%20haunts%20murderers.1390%0AMedea%C2%A0%0AWhat%20god%20or%20divine%20spirit%20would%20listen%20to%20you%C2%A0%0Aan%20oath%2Dbreaker%20and%20deceiver%20of%20guests%3F%C2%A0">Luschnig</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>JASON: May the avenging Fury of our children<br>
<span class="tab">destroy you — may you find blood justice. <br>
MEDEA: What god or spirit listens to you,<br>
<span class="tab">a man who does not keep his promises,<br>
<span class="tab">a man who deceives and lies to strangers?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250428122658/https://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/medeahtml.html#:~:text=ship%20the%20Argo.-,JASON,his%20promises%2C%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%201660%0Aa%20man%20who%20deceives%20and%20lies%20to%20strangers%3F,-JASON">Johnston</a> (2008)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: May the children's Fury destroy you, and bloody Justice.<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: What god, what spirit hears you -- breaker of oaths, deceiver of a stranger's trust.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Greek_Plays/P5O5DAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22jason%20may%20the%20children%27s%22">Kovacs / Kitzinger</a> (2016)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: May the avenging Fury of the children and Justice destroy you.<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: What god or other power will listen to you, a man who breaks oaths and deceives his friends?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Euripides_Medea/kNBUEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22jason%20may%20the%22">Ewans</a> (2022)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">JASON: May the Fury <em>[Erinys</em>] of our children and bloody <em>Dikē</em> destroy you!<br>
<span class="tab">MEDEA: What god or <em>daimōn</em> listens to you, oath-breaker and deceiver of <em>xenoi?</em><br>
[tr. <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/#:~:text=of%20my%20marriage.-,Jason,daim%C5%8Dn%20listens%20to%20you%2C%20oath%2Dbreaker%20and%20deceiver%20of%20xenoi%3F,-Jason">Coleridge / Ceragioli / Nagy / Hour25</a>]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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