#goth classics
featuring Euripides, Ovid, and Seneca
- ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα/στῆναι θέλοιμ᾽ ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ (Euripides Med. 250-1)
- for I would rather thrice stand by the shield/ than once bear a child
- καὶ σοῖς ἀραία γ᾽ οὖσα τυγχάνω δόμοις. (Euripides Med. 608)
- I am a curse unto your house as well
- καὶ μανθάνω μὲν οἷα τολμήσω κακά/θυμὸς δὲ κρείσσων τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων/ὅσπερ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν βροτοῖς. (Euripides Med. 1078-80)
- I know what evils I dare to do/ my heart is stronger than my plans/ and great is my blame for the blood
- dum ferrum flammaeque aderunt sucusque veneni/ hostis Medeae nullus inultus erit (Ovid Her. 12.181-2)
- as long as I have iron and fire and poison at my disposal/ no enemy of Medea’s will go unpunished
- viderit ista deus, qui nunc mea pectora versat/ nescio quid certe mens mea maius agit! (Ovid Her. 211-2)
- the god who twists my heart will witness these deeds/ for surely I know not what vast act my mind devises!
- tum me de tigride natam/ tum ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde fatebor (Ovid Met. 7.32-3)
- then I will be called the daughter of a tiger/ and they will say I carry iron and stone in my heart
- maximus intra me deus est (Ovid Met. 7.55)
- the greatest god is within me
- et vertice sidera tangam (Ovid Met. 7.61)
- and I will reach the stars with the crown of my head
- Medea superest, hic mare et terras vides/ ferrumque et ignes et deos et fulmina (Seneca Med. 166-7)
- Medea stands alone, here you see the sea and the lands/ and iron and fire and gods and lightning
- si placet, damna ream;/ sed redde crimen (Seneca Med. 245-6)
- condemn me if you like;/ but give me back my crime
- invadam deos/ et cuncta quatiam (Seneca Med. 424-5)
- I will invade the gods/ and shake all things
- Medea nunc sum; crevit ingenium malis (Seneca Med. 910)
- Now I am become Medea; my nature has grown amidst evil
haven’t said this in a while but! prometheus bound is an infinitely better play when you just decide that prometheus is a lesbian
