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Medea and Stumbling on Stones: Part I

Are we killing our children?

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P.M. Szpunar
Apr 25, 2025
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Medea is a story of a sorceress from Ancient Greece who is scorned by her lover, isolated by her loved ones, abandoned in a foreign country, and in seething resentment and cold-blooded revenge, she murders her own children. Yet, behind her filicidal rage lies one of the most complex and fascinating characters ever conceived. Médée Premiered in 1797 at t…

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