has
agency, which is a very important feminist value, and one that was notable by its absence in
ancient times. Abandoned by her lover, Jason, and having turned her back on her homeland, Medea
is all alone in the world. Without a man or an extended family network to protect her, Medea
finds herself in a very dangerous situation indeed.
In ancient Greece, one's
identity was defined to a large extent by one's membership of collective entities such as
family, demos, and city-state. Without this membership, people were essentially non-persons,
outcasts from respectable society. That's...
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