Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU 2023 Volume 71, Issue 1, Pages: 45-62
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Medea: Greek myth and peculiar identity
Plećaš Tamara 
(Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju), tamara.plecas@ifdt.bg.ac.rs
Đorđević Ana (Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju), ana.djordjevic@ifdt.bg.ac.rs
This paper will primarily focus on the philosophical depictions of Medea’s
character and actions. The following identities will be examined: gender
(which roles defined a woman in antiquity and are these definitions still
relevant today), political (what does it mean to be a foreigner and not
belong to a particular political community), and psychological (do passions
inevitably lead to a split in the psyche or, on the contrary, constitute
it). These will serve as frames that outline Medea’s exceptional
(in)humanness in the Greco-Roman society.
Keywords: Medea, philosophy, mythology, Euripides, Seneca, woman
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