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Euripides' Medea: A New Translation by
3.0
This review is of the translation by Diane J. Rayor.
Rayor's 2013 translation is excellent, and the essay by director Karen Libman was super fascinating. Overall this is my favourite translation of Medea.
Rayor uses exact transliterations for some words, but not all; I'd be interested to know her reasoning. For example she writes "Kolchis" (Κολχίς), "Iolkos" (Ἰωλκός), "Kreon" (Κρέων), and "Korinth" (Κόρινθος), but also "Jason" (Ἰάσων) and "Medea" (Μήδεια).
Rayor's 2013 translation is excellent, and the essay by director Karen Libman was super fascinating. Overall this is my favourite translation of Medea.
Rayor uses exact transliterations for some words, but not all; I'd be interested to know her reasoning. For example she writes "Kolchis" (Κολχίς), "Iolkos" (Ἰωλκός), "Kreon" (Κρέων), and "Korinth" (Κόρινθος), but also "Jason" (Ἰάσων) and "Medea" (Μήδεια).