Medea, Kerry Greenwood
Medea, Kerry Greenwood
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Medea

Author: Kerry Greenwood

Narrator: Lucy Scott, Simon Mattacks

Unabridged: 15 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2023


Synopsis

Sorceress, Princess of Colchis, Securer of the Golden Fleece._x000D_
Medea - her very name is a byword for infamy. Legend has it that she murdered her own children for revenge._x000D_
But love in Ancient Greece was often a dangerous game; and legends are not always what they seem._x000D_
Medea, devoted wife of Jason, was also a loving mother, a loyal friend of Herakles and a brave adventurer with the Argonauts._x000D_
A woman both betrayer and betrayed, the real story of Medea is strange, sensual and heroic.

About Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood is the author of many crime novels, science fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, as well as a number of plays. She has won numerous awards, including the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, the Davitt Award, and the Ned Kelly Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Crime Writers Association of Australia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by A.K. on September 14, 2011

(Kylie) Medea is a beautifully crafted, heart-wrenching tale of adventure, love, heroes, gods and betrayal. The woman who history has painted as a monster, comes to life in these pages with absolute clarity so that when the real truth is finally revealed, we ache for her. An absolute must-read for l......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl M-M on June 27, 2013

Greenwood offers up a new theory to the popular yet unproven myth/speculation that Medea killed her own children ( the speculation was helped along by Euripides written version of the events). Given the remnants of hearsay and evidence read through the frame of reference handed down by Euripides, it......more