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Medea (Ennius)
Ennius's Medea
also: Medeam, Medea Enni
A Latin tragedy by Quintus Ennius, adapted from Euripides's Medea. Cicero names it alongside Pacuvius's Antiope as a Latin play that even those who profess contempt for Latin letters read with pleasure.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §1.4 Ennius's \textit{Medea}
A Latin tragedy by Quintus Ennius adapted from Euripides's Medea. Cicero names it with Pacuvius's Antiope as Latin plays read with pleasure even by those who scorn Latin letters.
- Tusculan Disputations §3.63 like that nurse in Ennius
The opening of Ennius's tragedy Medea (modeled on Euripides), spoken by the nurse who longs to pour out Medea's miseries to heaven and earth. Cicero cites it for those who find relief in speaking their grief aloud.