Abstract
The subject of this chapter is Pier Paolo Pasolini's film adaptation of one of the most shocking and intriguing plays from Greek antiquity, Euripides' Medea . First, the author offers his interpretation of the essence of the Euripidean play that Pasolini adopted in its original context - ancient Athens, where it was written and produced late in the fifth century BC. Next, the author talks about Pasolini's film, especially as regards his attitude toward and relation to Euripides' text, and regarding certain specificities that he developed as a consequence of a new context - the 1960s - in a dimension we might say intersected with Pasolini's reading of Euripides' drama and this ancient tragedy. The chapter focuses on Euripides' drama in the ancient context, and discusses the meaning of theater in Athenian public life. The plot of Medea is too shocking, and does not offer stereotypes that popular culture might use. Keywords:Athenian public life; Euripides' drama; Medea; Pier Paolo Pasolini
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