[UA] (OT) Nothing That's Grim, Nothing That's Greek

[John Scott]

At 11:43 23/05/01 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 23 May 2001, Royal Minister of Stuff wrote:
>
> > Oh, I think that's a bit unfair to ole' Medea.
> > Jason was giving her a pretty thurough rimming when
> > she came across the idea of murdering her children.
> > Besides, the princess Jason was about to marry
> > probably would have had the children done in anyway
> > and Medea was the grandchild of, the sun god, wasn't
> > it?
>
>Y'know, I just can't see that there's a lot of justification in murdering
>your children, despite the fact that your husband's being an asshole.

Hmmm ...

Medea isn't sane - the play begins with one of her servants hiding sharp 
objects from her.

It's not a justification, but it is an explanation.

John


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