Medea

De: Euripides

Narrado por: Jonathan Waters

Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the "barbarian" kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by murdering Jason's new wife as well as her own children, after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life.

Public Domain (P)2018 Combray Media

wheres tyler perry?

cool story, but i would have preferred Medea to have been voiced by Tyler Perry

What a cool new way to "read" a classic!

I've never read this in its entirety, so I was happy to have a chance to listen to this recording. The narrator was amazing! I was captivated and drawn into a very crazy and horrid tale, and I really enjoyed the listen.

I'm happy that through audiobooks we (and the younger generation) can explore the classic tales of old in a completely different way. It's a totally different experience!

Loved it, well done :)
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cool

I loved it, wish it was longer though. Great tragedy, great actor, awesome recording.

Like a full cast production

Medea is a classic play telling the story of the jilted wife of Jason, of Argonauts and Golden Fleece fame, and her revenge. It is a fairly straight forward story, it has her explaining her anguish, then Jason explaining why he has to marry someone else - a princess - rather than her, a barbarian woman. So you get 'both sides'. Others try convince her not to enact revenge, before she finally decides she will, and undertakes the task. What she does, and the aftermath is worth listening to the play for. While simple, it is a classic. And hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

The narration by Jonathan Waters is excellent. He performs the whole thing as a one man stage production, with different voices and intonations for each character, and for the narrator/stage directions. He imparts emotion into the whole thing. It really feels like multiple people doing a play, not just one man. Really enjoyable work by Waters.

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Jonathan Waters is a great narrator

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This is a classic Greek story from Euripides. If you are looking at this you probably already know the story so no need to review that.

Jonathan Waters does a fantastic job at playing the characters. With a cast of only one it’s amazing. Jonathan changes his voice when going between sexes which makes it easy to follow. His female voice is pretty good too. This is a great version to pick up and I highly recommend it.