Medea - sophrosyne Flashcards
who says ‘the fate awaiting mortals who offend against the gods’?
Aegeus to the Chorus
A - foils to C and J
what does the chorus say in response to Aegues saying ‘the fate awaiting mortals who offend against the gods’?
‘Aegeus you have a noble heart’
what is the chorus’ final message to the audience?
‘what men expect does not happen; for the unexpected heaven finds a way’
what does the chorus say to medea about the consequences of breaking an oath?
‘uphill flows the waters of sacred rivers; nature and all things are overturned’
what does Jason plead at the end of the play as Medea enters in a chariot with the bodies of her sons?
‘in heavens name, let me touch my children’s soft skin.’
what does the nurse say in the prologos when affirming the idea of sophrosyne?
‘habit of living on equal terms with your neighbours…grow old in secure and modest circumsatnces’
who says ‘uphill floes the waters of sacred rivers; nature and all things are overturned’?
chorus to medea
who says ‘what men expect does not happen; for the unexpected heaven finds a way’?
chorus (final message to audience)
what does Aegeus say to the gods regarding how he will never break his oath?
‘the fate awaiting mortals who offend against the gods’
who says ‘habit of living on equal terms with your neighbours…grow old in secure and modest circumsatnces’
nurse during the prologos affirming the ideas of sophrosyne
